For example, during the 1960s, there was an outbreak of CoT starfish in the Great Barrier Reef, off the east coast of Australia.

例如在20世纪60年代，在澳大利亚东海岸的大堡礁，刺冠海星的数量暴增。

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The Coral Sea covers 780,000 square kilometers and borders the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's east coast.

珊瑚海涵盖780,000平方公里，毗邻澳大利亚东海岸的大堡礁。

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The World Heritage-protected Great Barrier Reef sprawls for more than 133, 000 sq miles off Australia's east coast and can be seen from space.

大堡礁是世界保护遗产，在澳大利亚东部海岸绵延超过了13.3万平方英里，并能在太空看到。

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The USS Guardian also struck the reef south-east of Palawan island on 17 January.

BBC: Philippines 'discovers rare pangolins' on Chinese ship

The USS Guardian struck the reef south-east of Palawan island on 17 January.

BBC: China boat 'runs aground' Philippine Unesco coral reef

Similarly, China has recently been mending fences in South-East Asia, where its earlier reef grabs had caused widespread alarm.

ECONOMIST: Welcome to China, Mr Clinton