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Hidden beneath Spain’s Mediterranean coast, underwater caves may be acting as climate refuges for fish, sponges, and coral. 🌊🪸 In one 20m-deep cave, coral mortality was 17× lower than outside, offering us a rare look into how nature may survive warming seas.
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Divers went into a 20m-deep underwater cave in Spain – and found animal colonies thriving within | Discover Wildlife
Protecting the Mediterranean’s hidden caves could help wildlife – such as corals – survive warming seas, say researchers.