A reef ecosystem unlike any seen before has just been discovered at the mouth of the Amazon River.
Wedged between the French Guiana-Brazil border and the Maranhão State in Brazil, the reef lies underneath a plume of river water, helping to explain how it went undetected for so long, suggests a new study, which is published in the journal Science Advances.
For over 60 years, however, scientists have suspected that reefs might be in the region.
Senior author Fabiano Thompson told Discovery News, “There were some studies back in the 1950s that suggested the presence of reefs, but none pinpointed the reef bodies, dimensions, locations and compositions.” Read more…
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