Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are reporting the existence of an 85-mile long coral reef 2,000 feet below the surface about 160 miles off the coast of South Carolina.
They believe the reefs formed over thousands of years as new coral established themselves on top of the old forming literal mountains of their own remains. More
Damn global warming.
What a great place to hide some liberal bodies
How fascinating!
Cue the ecoluddites. Within minutes they’ll be clamoring for a permanent ban on off-shore drilling to protect stuff 2,000 feet down that nobody knew was there.
Dead coral. It cannot live at those depths so this is an archaic reef. A graveyard.
One of the latest Leftist bogeymen is plastic waste (grocery bags, 6-pak can holders…) in the ocean.
BUT: German scientists also recently released a report that said this plastic “residue” actually provides a basis (an “anchor” of sorts) for bacteria and other small lifeforms to begin…lifeforms which are very beneficial to the ecosystem.
Ain’t Mother Nature grand?!
Alert Jimmy Buffett.
@Lowell:
Nope. It’s live coral, just of a different sort than tropical warm water coral. We’ve known about deep cold-water coral for quite a while (a couple of hundred years). It just doesn’t lend itself to casual snorkeling or SCUBA tourism.
Link to article (IN GERMAN) I referenced
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/beruf-chance/campus/plastikmuell-im-ozean-ein-meeresbiologe-im-interview-15752830.html
heh
Had a wild weekend in Woods Hole back in the day. Oh, to be young again . . . before all this PC bull crap.
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F^<k !!
Read you 5X5 Fred.
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
So basically the obama birth records aren’t there either….. DAMN THAT CRAFTY KENYAN!!!!!
i’ll believe in this new coral reef just as soon as i see evidence of intelligent life on earth…..
oh wait…..i’m not actually a lobster…..
dangit, i had a good argument going there….for a while….
WHY do we have this LOGIC thing ruling us?????