Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa

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• For the coral lovers. There are multiple companies working on reef preservation. They are woefully under resourced. If you can help, please do.

  bix6 1h ago

• This source appears to have more images and info: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles...

  SparkyMcUnicorn 3h ago

• The biodiversity in West Africa in general is completely underrated. I mean, Darwin solidified his trajectory in life a few short days after the Beagle anchored off of Cape Verde (a place he initially detested then fell in love with).

  I'm hoping that Cape Verde's World Cup success story translates to more eye balls on stories like this (with the mere mention of the country landing it in search results). Which means more attention, money and research to West Africa's relatively fragile but diverse ecosystem.

  F7F7F7 3h ago

• > Zinzindohoué agrees: “We don’t need to wait for others to come to our country to show us what is under our sea. We are the ones who must take responsibility.

  novia 3h ago

• vaguely related I read a fascinating story the other day about basically garbage dumping of leftover oyster/clam shells being used to re-seed a marine ecosystem off the Florida Keys

  * https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/florida-dumped-h...

  ck2 2h ago

• reading all those easily solved frictions they encountered was sad

  yieldcrv 2h ago

• Dear reader, if you find something beautiful, shut up about it.

  functionmouse 2h ago