A “Dead” Coral Reef Found Thriving Off the Coast of Africa: Scientists in the 1960s thought the ecosystem was lifeless

A 60-year mystery has been solved as researchers discover a coral ecosystem on the Benin-Togo continental shelf that is still teeming with marine life.

A deep-water coral reef off the coast of West Africa that was believed to be dead for six decades has been discovered alive and thriving more than 50 metres below the ocean…