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Aug 18, 2026
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These Coral Reefs Off West Africa Were Long Presumed Dead. Scientists Just Found Them Alive and Teeming With Life
An image of the reef Gérard Zinzindohoué In the 1960s, government-requested fish surveys detected a coral reef barrier off the coast of Benin in West Africa, but it was presumed to be dead. Now, however, researchers have taken a second look and found a …
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Smithsonian Magazine
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