Discovery of new ecosystem - ‘The Trapping Zone’ - creating oasis of life in the Maldives
Published on October 21, 2022
The Nekton Maldives Mission, involving researchers from the University of Oxford, has found evidence of a previously undescribed ecosystem - ‘The Trapping Zone’ - that is creating an oasis of life 500 metres down in the depths of the Indian Ocean. The discovery has been hailed as highly significant by the Maldives Government.