Corals have been in the news lately.  A new species of soft coral, Pseudumbellula scotiae, has been discovered by scientists working for Marine Scotland.  It was discovered at a depth of around 2,000 meters in the North Atlantic.

Another exciting discovery is of a “pristine” deep sea coral reef near Tahiti in French Polynesia.

This reef is described as looking like a “bed of roses “.  Its wide, flattish shape is believed to be for catching as much sunlight as possible at a depth of 30 meters, the “twilight” zone of the ocean.   This new coral reef was found by researchers who are part of the Seabed 2030 Project.

References

Giant pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti.  Victoria Gill.  BBC Online, Jan 20, 2022.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60047368.

New deep sea soft coral discovered.  Marine Scotland.  Reported by BBC Online, Jan 12, 2022. BBC(link)

Corals have been in the news lately.  A new species of soft coral, Pseudumbellula scotiae, has been discovered by scientists working for Marine Scotland.  It was discovered at a depth of around 2,000 meters in the North Atlantic. Another exciting discovery is of a “pristine” deep sea coral reef near Tahiti in French Polynesia. This […]

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Last year, Australia downgraded the Great barrier Reef’s 5-year outlook from poor to very poor.  The major problem is human-induced climate change warming the oceans.