Greenpeace finds deep-sea corals on Shell’s Arctic drill site

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9. They're corals.

Of course they're protected. They form huge reefs with a huge diversity of sea life. They're subject to bleaching from high T and being weakened through increased ocean acidification. We like snorkeling through them before admiring the blue water while sitting on the white, sandy beach drinking our pina coladas (or knocking back those tequila shots with lime) as we go red from sunburn.

By definition. They're corals.

I expect to see a resort built on the Sea of Chukchi, the brochure featuring pictures of the nice, blue snorkelers washed up on a beach white with polar bears knocking back chunks of snorkeler red with blood spatter.