Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Drowned 5,000-year-old forests reborn as thriving peat reefs and biodiversity hotspots off Mozambique

Researchers from the Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies (BCSS) Ocean Observatory have documented ancient forests that grew on the Mozambican coast thousands of years ago and have been found beneath the sea, where they now serve as hotspots teeming with marine life similar in biodiversity to cora...

Drowned 5,000-year-old forests reborn as thriving peat reefs and biodiversity hotspots off Mozambique
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Researchers from the Bazaruto Center for Scientific Studies (BCSS) Ocean Observatory have documented ancient forests that grew on the Mozambican coast thousands of years ago and have been found beneath the sea, where they now serve as hotspots teeming with marine life similar in biodiversity to coral reefs.

Originally published at Phys.org

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