The rediscovered coral reef. (Gérard Zinzindohoué via SWNS)
A coral reef long presumed dead has been rediscovered "teeming with life" off the coast of West Africa.
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Researchers used sonar and underwater drones to find the thriving ecosystem deep below the surface of the Gulf of Guinea. (Gérard Zinzindohoué via SWNS)
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Surveys conducted in the 1960s, focused on identifying promising fishing areas, flagged a possible deep-water coral reef. But scientists at the time it assumed must be dead. (Gérard Zinzindohoué via SWNS)
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A coral reef long presumed dead has been rediscovered "teeming with life" off the coast of West Africa. (Gérard Zinzindohoué via SWNS)
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