100 expeditions and counting! Scientists and crew on R/V Falkor (too) discovered bustling fields of coral reefs and at least 30 potential new species during the recent @uruguaysub200 expedition. Some reefs — built by Desmophyllum pertusum, a slow-growing, cold-water stony coral species recently designated as vulnerable to extinction — were healthier, larger, and richer with life than anticipated. The research team was also the first to explore the wreck of the ROU-01 Uruguay (formerly USS Baron)

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