Scientists Make Jaw-Dropping Discovery in Remote Pacific

Summary

NASA Scientists have discovered two “wild and untouched” coral atolls near the Marshall Islands. The Daily Mail reports that the remote, ring-shaped Pacific reefs—named Bikar and Bokak—could be some of the most pristine ecosystems left in the region. “These atolls have extensive seabird colonies, mature native vegetation, active turtle nesting, high reef-fish biomass and large predators,” Alan Friedlander, a marine ecologist at the University of Hawai’i and a co-author of the study, told Scimex . The reefs are a haven for hundreds of groups of fish, along with fifteen groups of open-water…

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