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Underwater Drones Find “Dead” Coral Reefs Teeming With Life

Researchers used sonar and underwater imaging systems to locate a mesophotic coral garden that scientists in the 1960s had assumed was dead. More than 50 meters beneath the waters off Benin, cameras revealed a coral community that scientists had once presumed dead.

Underwater Drones Find “Dead” Coral Reefs Teeming With Life

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Researchers used sonar and underwater imaging systems to locate a mesophotic coral garden that scientists in the 1960s had assumed was dead.

More than 50 meters beneath the waters off Benin, cameras revealed a coral community that scientists had once presumed dead.

Fishing surveys conducted in the 1960s had identified what appeared to be a [...]

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Researchers used sonar and underwater imaging systems to locate a mesophotic coral garden that scientists in the 1960s had assumed was dead. More than 50 meters beneath the waters off Benin, cameras revealed a coral community that scientists had once presumed dead. Fishing surveys conducted in the 1960s had identified what appeared to be a [...]

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