The Census' official definition of money income excludes food stamps and the EITC, for example, while CBO includes it. Between 1979 and 2011, gross median household income, adjusted for inflation, rose from $59,400 to $75,200, or 26.5%. This compares with the Census' growth of 10%.
It takes a long time for the tiny coral polyps to create an entire reef. Coral formations grow an average of 1 to 8 inches per year. While ancestors of today's coral date back 240 million years, today's reefs began growing more than 50 million years ago, although most reefs are about 5,000 to 10,000 years old.oral Types. Coral comes in two types -- hard corals and soft corals. Hard corals grow in colonies and are responsible for the unique rock-like formations associated with coral reefs. Soft corals look like plants.
Drilling revealed about 1,400 metres (4,600 feet) of reef material. At least two writers have attacked the young age position using the argument that this coral atoll must have taken a very long time to form 1,2 âthey estimate 138,000 and 176,000 years respectively as the minimum age for Eniwetok.ustraliaâs beautiful Great Barrier Reef is the worldâs longest coral reef. It extends from near Papua New Guinea down Australiaâs east coast for about 2,000 kilometres. In a previous Creation magazine (Vol.