"It's analysing the health of the reef in terms of species distribution, and mapping that against the structure of the reefs to discover what reefs are important, " said Mr Vevers.

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Today meteorologists use 10 cloud genera and 14 different species that describe the shape and structure of each type of cloud.

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You would, therefore, have expected that macroscopic differences between species are reflected in differences between the molecular structure of these proteins, but this is not so.

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She also compared the structure and pattern of the fibres with those of modern animals and found that the species they most resembled was the emu also a bird and also, like T. rex, bipedal.

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They will record plant species, forest structure, ash cover, soil properties, river sediment and the overall topography of the burned area.

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