[Coral-List] new mesophotic reef discovered in Tahiti

[Douglas Fenner]

Very high coral cover, reef goes from 100 feet down to 230 feet, reef is 2
miles long.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60047368

Video of the reef:
https://www.wsj.com/video/watch-scientists-study-rare-coral-reef-discovered-near-tahiti/0FFF8DE0-48DD-474B-AB1B-9068B2D0BE45.html?mod=djem10point

Cheers, Doug

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Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

Over 1 million sq km more land cleared for crops
https://www.science.org/content/article/cropland-has-gobbled-over-1-million-square-kilometers-earth-s-surface

Peat bogs hold TWICE as much carbon as the world's forests!!!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/environmentalists-fight-protect-peat-bogs-233902101.html

Slashing emissions by 2050 isn't enough.  We can bring temperatures down
now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/climate-deadlines-super-pollutants-hfcs-methane/2021/04/15/acb8c612-9d7d-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html