Anyone that thinks this reef hasn’t already suffered at the hands of humanity is slightly dillusional. The amazon is absolutely chock full of human filth.

well that’s not totally true, if the natural cycle is a building re-building of say 50 years with a natural movement of 8 tons of material a year, and a shipping lane is rerouted right over it dropping say 16 tons a year, then man’s “intervention” just eliminated the ability of the reef to naturally rebuild and or…