the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let s look at some other stories making news. australia will hold a constitutional referendum on the fourteenth of october on whether to recognise its indigenous people for the first time. the prime minister, anthony albanese, announced the date and urged australians to vote yes. he said they d have a once in a generation chance to bring the country together and make it better. police in canada have brought an additional 12 charges against a man accused of supplying a poisonous chemical to people who died by suicide. 57 year old kenneth law had already been charged in may with two counts of counselling or aiding suicide in canada. ajudge in the us has rejected a bid by burger king to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it cheated hungry customers by making its whopper sandwich appear larger than it actually is. burger king was accused of portraying burgers with ingredients that overflow over the bun, making itappear the burgers are 35% larger.
right here that makes this place unique. the forest sits behind two dunes, making itappear to be below sea level. they protect the trees from ocean salt spray and allow them to grow as tall as the dunes. the sunken forest would not exist if it weren t for this delicate balance. too much salt spray could kill the forest. not enough, and the forest wouldn t have the minerals and nutrients that the ocean provides that feeds the trees. i grew up in mastic beach, which is sort of a lower income community on the south shore of long island. fortunately, mastic beach also happens to be one of the only places that you can walk onto fire island. it was a space i returned to every single summer. it s a shifting landscape as a barrier island. every single day i come out here, it s a little bit different and i think that s all really inspiring because sometimes, we think of nature as this immutable, sort of unchangeable thing, but nature is really dynamic. i sort of came to my identity
that makes this place unique. the forest sits behind two dunes, making itappear to be below sea level. they protect the trees from ocean salt spray and allow them to grow as tall as the dunes. the sunken forest would not exist if it weren t for this delicate balance. too much salt spray could kill the forest. not enough and the forest wouldn t have the minerals and nutrients that the ocean provides that feeds the trees. i grew up in mastic beach, which is sort of a lower income community on the south shore of long island. fortunately, mastic beach also happens to be one of the only places that you can walk onto fire island. it was a space i returned
is a national park. it s a barrier of 17 towns, 50 miles away from new york city. many of them are known for their long standing lgbt communities. the sunken forest is a globally rare ecosystem. it s a very uncommon habitat. it s the fact that those holly trees are growing as close to the ocean and in such high density as they do right here that makes this place unique. the forest sits behind two dunes, making itappear to be below sea level. they protect the trees from ocean salt spray and allow them to grow as tall as the dunes. the sunken forest would not exist if it weren t for this delicate balance. too much salt spray could kill the forest. not enough, and the forest wouldn t have the minerals and nutrients that the ocean provides that feeds the trees. i grew up in mastic beach, which is sort of a lower income community on the south shore of long island. fortunately, mastic beach also happens to be one of the only places