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Remains of Huge, Ancient Coral Reef Discovered 2010 https://www.livescience.com/29667-ancient-coral-reef-discovered.html https://www.livescience.com/29667-anci

• ipioxu15 8y ago
  > Because the fossil remains were found in deep waters where coral typically can't survive, the researchers suspect that the reef drowned due to rising sea levels leaving behind the newly discovered fossil structure and a small section of living coral, which was able to stay in shallow water. Not related to the mechanism that is killing the Great Barrier Reef, which has survived sea level changes.