nolatom
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There was an article in today’s New Orleans Sunday paper on ancient cypress forest remains in the Gulf, at 60-foot depth off coastal Alabama. Which means about five miles out. Lots for scientists to investigate about forests of about 50 thousand years ago, when ocean levels were lower.
Here’s an earlier NYT article on same subject. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/science/underwater-forest-shipworms.amp.html
This is the general area where I go for day diving. An “inshore” dive as locals call it, might be in or near ancient forests, who knows.
Yesterday I went on an “offshore” dive about ten miles out, where it’s 90 feet or so. We looked at some bridge rubble dumped there when they built Interstate 10 a few decades ago.
Maybe I should book an inshore dive next time, who knows what we’ll find. I wouldn’t be surprised if scuba locals found it first, then scientists checked it out.
Here’s an earlier NYT article on same subject. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/science/underwater-forest-shipworms.amp.html
This is the general area where I go for day diving. An “inshore” dive as locals call it, might be in or near ancient forests, who knows.
Yesterday I went on an “offshore” dive about ten miles out, where it’s 90 feet or so. We looked at some bridge rubble dumped there when they built Interstate 10 a few decades ago.
Maybe I should book an inshore dive next time, who knows what we’ll find. I wouldn’t be surprised if scuba locals found it first, then scientists checked it out.