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Off the southwest cost of Italy, a remotely operated submarine made “a significant and rare discovery,” reports the Independent — a vast white coral reef that was 80 metres tall (262 feet) and 2 metres wide (6.56 feet) “containing important species and fossil traces.”
Often dubbed the “rainforests of the sea”, coral reefs are of immense scientific interest due to their status as some of the planet’s richest marine ecosystems, harbouring millions of species. They play a…
