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🌿 Environment
August 18, 2026 at 02:34 PM
These Coral Reefs Off West Africa Were Long Presumed Dead. Scientists Just Found Them Alive and Teeming With Life
Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
Scientists have discovered thriving coral reefs off West Africa, previously presumed dead since the 1960s, bringing new life to a presumed lost ecosystem.
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