Largest ever, deep sea coral reef found

Coral reefs are thought of as those found in shallow water, in warm places. Indeed, many of them are found here.

However, it is becoming increasingly clear, that this is not the only reefs in the sea. Given the amount of carbon that a reef can absorb, it is essential for us to learn to conserve this one quickly.

This coral reef, is far to deep to survive on sunlight, but instead relies on so called marine snow. This is all sorts of living things that fall from the ocean surface, and then can be used by those species of the deep

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