Researcher makes deep-sea coral reefs discovery in depths of the North-Pacific

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Researcher makes deep-sea coral reefs discovery in depths of the North-Pacific
July 14, 2017 by Zachary Boehm


Scientists have long believed that the waters of the Central and Northeast Pacific Ocean were inhospitable to deep-sea scleractinian coral, but a Florida State University professor's discovery of an odd chain of reefs suggests there are mysteries about the development and durability of coral colonies yet to be uncovered.

Associate Professor of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Amy Baco-Taylor, in collaboration with a team from Texas A&M University, observed these reefs during an autonomous underwater vehicle survey through the seamounts of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-07-deep-sea-coral-reefs-discovery-depths.html#jCp

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"It leaves us with some big questions: Is there something that we're not understanding? How is this possible?"

I understand what he meant, but it still came out funny.