Researchers discover 4,000-feet coral reef, submerged 14 million years ago in Australia's desert
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A 4,000-feet coral reef in Australia's desert was recently discovered by a team from Curtin University's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Perth using high-resolution satellite photography. The reef was found in southern Australia's Nullarbor Plain, which has been transformed into a 76,000-square-mile desert with limestone bedrock.