Australia inaugurated the world's most intelligent 'Oceanographic Institute'

The National Marine Modeling Institute, or SeaSim for short, has just been opened in Townsville, in northern Australia. The total value of SeaSim is 31.4 million USD.

SeaSim is considered to be the "smartest" in the world because even though there are four enclosed walls, it can reproduce all the conditions of the ocean around the world. Mike Hall, the principal scientist at the Australian Oceanographic Research Institute (AIMS), recounted: "At the beginning of the SeaSim project, we visited the world's 40 leading Oceanographic Institutes and saw the strengths of each. ".

SeaSim - (Photo: phys.org)

Mr. Hall said SeaSim was built with the essence of the world plus the most advanced techniques in the world with the highest level of control and automation. According to Mr. Hall, SeaSim is a place for scientists to test and get real results for any of their theories.

One of SeaSim's main tasks will be to study why the great coral reef, one of Australia's world natural heritage, has been reduced by half in the past 27 years. This large coral reef has been included in the list of threatened heritage by UNESCO.

So far, according to Australian scientists, the main culprit in reducing the large coral reef area is the thorny crown starfish. SeaSim will help scientists know why crown starfish can overwhelm large coral reefs, due to nutritional conditions in seawater or other factors.

In addition, SeaSim is also a place for scientists to understand how the global warming effect will affect ocean life.