World’s Largest Deep-sea Coral Reef Discovered off the Southeast United States
JEREMY GAY6 DAYS AGO
A deep-sea coral reef covering 6.4 million acres has been discovered off the southeast United States. Researchers working for NOAA and its partners mapped an underwater seascape of coldwater coral mounds the size of Vermont, deeming it the largest deep-sea coral reef habitat discovered to date, according to a paper recently published in the scientific journal Geomatics.
“This strategic multiyear and multi-agency effort to systematically map and characterize the stunning coral ecosystem right on the doorstep of the U.S. East Coast is a perfect example of what we can accomplish when we pool resources and focus on exploring the approximately 50% of U.S. marine waters that are still unmapped,” said Derek Sowers Ph.D. Derek is the Mapping Operations Manager for the Ocean Exploration Trust and lead author of the study.
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A deep-sea coral reef covering 6.4 million acres has been discovered off the southeast United States. Researchers working for NOAA and its partners mapped an underwater seascape of coldwater coral…
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