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🌿 Environment July 20, 2026 at 03:59 PM

‘Dead’ coral reef found alive and thriving off West Africa

Source: Popular Science

A long-lost mesophotic coral reef ecosystem previously thought dead has been discovered thriving off the coast of West Africa near Benin, potentially part of a larger formation.

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