The wild deep: Discovering new species in Chilean Patagonia -- before they go extinct
The wild deep: Discovering new species in Chilean Patagonia -- before they go extinct
Video by Stefanie Blendis; story by Thomas Page
Updated 3:36 AM ET, Wed July 15, 2020
Take the plunge into 'one of the last wildernesses on Earth'
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(CNN)On the Pacific fringes of Chile lies a biological haven. Along the Patagonian coast, surrounded by majestic snow-capped mountains, corals live among some of the deepest fjords in the world. New species are being discovered here; there are still areas waiting to be documented. But even as the reefs' secrets reveal themselves, there is trouble in paradise.
Chilean-German biologist Vreni Haussermann arrived in Chilean Patagonia in the late 1990s to explore what she calls "one of the last wildernesses on Earth."
Haussermann was a student at the University of Munich when an exchange program gave her the chance to study for a year in the city of Concepcion, central Chile.
For her thesis, she set out on a six-month drive along the country's long coastline with research partner Gunter Forsterra, who is now her husband.
More:
https://us.cnn.com/2020/07/15/world/vreni-haussermann-c2e-spc-scn-int/index.html
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Creatures from the deep: New species from Chilean Patagonia
Published 3:25 AM ET, Wed July 15, 2020
15 images at link:
https://us.cnn.com/2020/07/15/world/gallery/c2e-vreni-haussermann-spc-intl/index.html
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