Pristine coral reefs discovered near Galápagos Islands are thousands of years old and teeming with life

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/pristine-coral-reefs-discovered-near-galapagos-islands-are-thousands-of-years-old-and-teeming-with-life

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DarkMessiah@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Oh, yay! More stuff for corporations to murder.

wetnoodle@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Was just about to say, I give it a year before some oil company makes an oopsie and kills it all

Thassodar@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Y'all both beat beat me to it: just a spoonful of oil makes coral reef go down.

Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
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Nastybutler@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y

Pristine? Not for long!

~Humanity

Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Aaaand tourists stomped it into rubble

Beelzebob@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

"influencers"

Illuminostro@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
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Coasting0942@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 2y

Phew, was getting worried that our war against the non-humans would miss a spot

Nipplecreek@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

Don't tell people about it!

holiday@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

That's a bleaching

YungOnions@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Jesus Christ, people can celebrate some good news without frantic doomerisms it seems...

set_secret@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

except for all the microplastics and actual plastics floating around they're 100% 'pristine'

rrrurboatlibad@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 2y

Dont friggin touch it