Drowned Island the Size of Iceland Discovered off Brazil

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Drowned Island the Size of Iceland Discovered off Brazil

Red clay from the drowned island found off Brazil. Credit: Scientific Reports / CC BY 4.0 Scientists from Brazil and Britain were investigating the ocean floor near a volcanic plateau called the Rio Grande Rise. As they observed footage from their remotely operated submersible 650 meters (2,100 feet) below, they noticed some unusual rocks. These rocks had layers of red clay, something not commonly found on the seabed. Bramley Murton, a marine ge…