Scientists 暴露する 大規模な 85 mile long 珊瑚 暗礁 深い in the 大西洋 Ocean off the coast of South Carolina

  • 発見 was made last week during a 一連の dives as?as part of a 事業／計画（する） called 深い Search 伴う／関わるing the 研究 大型船 Atlantis?
  • A team of 深い-sea scientists went a half mile below the surface about?160 miles off the coast of Charleston?
  • Team of scientists spent seven hours 得るing 見本s of the Lophelia 珊瑚?
  • Scientists 概算の that the 暗礁 they 暴露するd stretches for at least 85 miles

By Emily Crane For Dailymail.com

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Scientists have just 暴露するd a 大規模な 85-mile long 冷淡な water 珊瑚 暗礁 深い in the 大西洋 Ocean off South Carolina's coast.

The 発見 was made last week during a 一連の dives as part of a 事業／計画（する） called 深い Search 伴う／関わるing the 研究 大型船 Atlantis.?

A team of 深い-sea scientists 乗る，着手するd on the 探検隊／遠征隊 about a half mile below the surface and 160 miles off the coast of Charleston.

Scientists spent seven hours obtaining samples of cold water coral they discovered?as part of a project called Deep Search involving the research vessel Atlantis last week

Scientists spent seven hours 得るing 見本s of 冷淡な water 珊瑚 they discovered?as part of a 事業／計画（する） called 深い Search 伴う／関わるing the 研究 大型船 Atlantis last week

探検隊／遠征隊 長，指導者 scientist Erik Cordes was の中で those to dive in the submersible 乗り物, Alvin, on Thursday when they discovered the forest of Lophelia 珊瑚 on a 場所／位置 called Richardson 山の尾根.

'It was an awesome dive!' Cordes tweeted.

'We traveled over 1km and were on Lophelia 暗礁 the entire time! A newly discovered line of 珊瑚 塚s almost 20 miles long.'

The team of scientists spent seven hours 得るing 見本s of the 珊瑚.?

The scientists have 概算の that the 暗礁 they 暴露するd 現実に stretches for a t least 85 miles, によれば HuffPost.

The 発見 of the 暗礁 確認するs 最近の 観察s and 研究 made by scientists working on the 国家の 大洋の and Atmospheric 行政's?Okeanos Explorer ship.?

Expedition chief scientist Erik Cordes (left) was among those to dive in the submersible vehicle, Alvin, on Thursday when they discovered the forest of Lophelia coral?

探検隊／遠征隊 長，指導者 scientist Erik Cordes (left) was の中で those to dive in the submersible 乗り物, Alvin, on Thursday when they discovered the forest of Lophelia 珊瑚?

The Deep Sea rch team said they had been using the submersible vehicle, Alvin, to explore the seafloor during the day

The 深い Search team said they had been using the submersible 乗り物, Alvin, to 調査する the seafloor during the day

The 85 mile stretch of 冷淡な water 珊瑚 含むs the ecosystems 以前 discovered by the?Okeanos team this summer.?

'This is a 抱擁する feature,' Cordes told the HuffPost. 'It's incredible that it stayed hidden off the U.S. East Coast for so long.'

Cordes 述べるd the ecosystem as 存在 unlike anything he has ever seen before and said there was 'just mountains of it'.

'We couldn't find a place that didn't have 珊瑚s,' he said.?

The 研究 team on boat the Atlantis 大型船 have been 調査するing さまざまな canyons and ecosystems.??

'We're out here 調査するing these areas as the US considers 演習ing in these waters,' Cordes tweeted.??

He 追加するd that the 珊瑚 暗礁 needs to be 保護するd from oil and gas 開発.?

A team of deep-sea scientists embarked on the expedition about a half mile below the surface and 160 miles off the coast of Charleston on a site called?Richardson Ridge

A team of 深い-sea scientists 乗る，着手するd on the 探検隊／遠征隊 about a half mile below the surface and 160 miles off the coast of Charleston on a 場所／位置 called?Richardson 山の尾根

Chief Scientist Erik Cordes and Dr Cathy McFadden are pictured above before embarking on the expedition last Thursday

長，指導者 Scientist Erik Cordes and Dr Cathy McFadden are pictured above before 乗る，着手するing on the 探検隊／遠征隊 last Thursday

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