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Archive Home > 2011 > January > 19 > Deep-sea coral reefs a new frontier for marine scientists

Deep-sea coral reefs a new frontier for marine scientists

By Ludmilla Lelis / The Bulletin
January 19, 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the Atlantic Ocean off Florida’s coast, at 1,500 feet and deeper, the water is 45 degrees and pitch-black. Yet life thrives there.

Scientists are just beginning to explore this vast secret of the deep sea: extensive coral reefs and the marine creatures that....

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