00:00marine scientists have announced a remarkable and unexpected discovery a previously unknown deep sea ecosystem has been found in the
00:08eastern pacific ocean closer to the u s coastline than any similar discovery in history
00:14the ecosystem was found in an area that researchers assumed was largely barren a sediment covered plain at a depth
00:21of over three thousand meters instead they discovered thriving colonies of never before described species
00:27including bioluminescent organisms new species of fish and massive aggregations of deep sea coral that have adapted to extreme pressure
00:36and cold the discovery challenges long-held assumptions about what kinds of life can survive in the deep ocean and
00:44raises new questions about what resources and microorganisms may exist on the vast unmapped seafloor between the u.s west
00:52coast and hawaii scientists warn that deep sea mining operations
00:56which are expanding rapidly could destroy these ecosystems before they are fully understood the hidden ocean is vaster and more
01:04alive than we ever imagined
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