Pristine coral reef discovered in deep water off the coast of Tahiti

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A spectacular coral reef has been found between 35 and 70 metres below sea level near Tahiti, and it seems to be in good health despite the global biodiversity crisis

has affected the reef is unknown yet.

“There might be many more large reefs in our ocean at such depth that require more investigation,” he says. “This could be one of the largest coral reefs at this depth as far as we know, but the fact is that we haven’t really looked for coral reefs at this depth.” “Until now, we see reefs in two dimensions and we rarely include the depth as a critical dimension. [But it] is important for protection, management and conservation targets,” says Hédouin.

 

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Go figure.

What? No deep sea mining, no bottom trawlers, have destroyed one part of the ocean floor?

In an attempt to preserve the last place on earth not ruined by humans, maybe stop advertising this. I mean it's Tweeted all too often.

Great, keep it a secret!

One wonders if there are more undiscovered out there.

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ps9714 We gonna kill that one too.

GaiaSchaffner The should have kept it a secret. Divers will ruin it.

Perhaps the fact we didn't know about it helped...

Well that’s good but what isn’t good is telling everybody where it bloody is. It won’t stay like that for long once the money grabbers find out it’s there

A blessing

The absence of human visitors has probably helped.

Should have kept it quiet.

And she's poking it already.

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