The Case for Deep Reef Conservation (VIDEO) California Academy of Sciences This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption A team of highly trained scientific divers—led by researchers from the California Academy of Sciences—explored Pacific and western Atlantic reefs to test a widely held hypothesis that climate-stressed life from shallow reefs can take refuge at mesophotic depths (100 – 500 feet beneath the ocean’s surface). The results are clear: deep and shallow reefs are actually different systems with their own species, and deep reefs are just as threatened by climate impacts, storms, and pollution as their shallow counterparts. Credit © 2018 California Academy of Sciences Usage Restrictions Mandatory credit to © 2018 California Academy of Sciences. Additional clips available upon request at press@calacademy.org License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.