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Benin's presumed-dead coral reef rediscovered teeming with life - Oceanographic Magazine

Benin's presumed-dead coral reef rediscovered teeming with life - Oceanographic Magazine

A reef off Benin's coast, thought dead in 1960s surveys, found alive using modern sonar and National Geographic's Deep Sea Camera System.

A deep-water coral reef that vanished from the scientific record more than half a century ago has resurfaced and – in a dramatic twist of fate, has been found thriving.  Surveys conducted in the 196… [+1826 chars]

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