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AS defined and differentiated, coral is a live animal while a reef is a physical structure. Reefs are the habitat of corals which have been erected through the secretions of coral polyps over many generations. Reef-building corals are only found in shallow tropical and subtropical waters.

Want to look behind me. >> theres no one to go. >> all of those cars waiting to move in front of him, no one was moving anyway. you were dead in the water. a lot of them didnt make it from what i heard. >> im sure if the winds were 80 miles an hour. >> there was diesel fuel floating in the water as well in the coast guard couldnt coming too far, because of the reefs, and a lot of people cant swim that far a couple of people died of smoke inhalation as well. i know of a lady who stood in the wate...

Everybody else jumping in the water. flames were shooting over the top. i didnt want to look behind me, because i knew they were behind me. >> there was nowhere to go. you were pinned between the fire and the ocean. >> all those cars sitting and waiting to move, no one was moving anywhere. they all jumped in the ocean and a lot of them didnt make it, from what i heard. >> if the winds were 80 miles per hour, the surf must have been -- >> it wasnt just that. there was diesel fuel in the water as ...

The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation awarded over $2 million in grants to support coral restoration in the US Pacific Islands, including Hawaiʻi, American Sāmoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.

The impact of this event on organisms and on the physical state of the ocean. for myself, i am a coral reef restoration specialist, so we are working on actually restoring reefs in this event and how the reefs faired during this event will give us information as to how we can improve our methods going forward in the face of continued climate change. and katey, last question — you said it might not feel like a big difference to us, this temperature change in the ocean. whats your message to ame...

However, we are currently in an era of climate change when rampant carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is contributing to an even higher magnitude of temperature that were seeing in this marine heatwave. and you mentioned the atlantic. i mean, where exactly is this heat wave occurring? so this heat wave has been predominantly a lot of the recent media has been focused on the north atlantic, which includes the caribbean and the tropical western atlantic, where im based. but these temperature trends ...

World, without water and without electricity. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. lets go to our china media analyst. kerry allen joins us now with more details. the pictures and details are quite striking. they are so striking. for the last couple of days, there had been this really extreme flooding in beijing and you dont normally see this in the city, theres been an acknowledgement from officials that this is with the unprecedented, but youve got rivers that have flooded their banks, roads t...

And wild life that depends on it. joining me now is dr. cynthia lewis, director of the florida keys marine laboratory. i really appreciate your time this morning. i was reading the water off the coast of florida is on the brink of an ocean heatwave. what does that mean and why should we be so concerned? >> good morning. well, the ocean water out there on our reefs right now has been between 88 and 90 degrees actually out on the reef, and these reefs are incredibly important. first its the only l...

Coral provides a natural barrier and i went to miami to talk to a reef restoration effort and what they are doing in the site of this unprecedented marine heat wave. take a listen. >> with restoration efforts going on right now, taking steps to plan for climate change, to try to make sure we restore to be suitable for a future environment and not the victims of it. weve had a few pilot experiments out there on the reefs weve manipulated to make corals more tolerant and this will be a test of tha...

Ever recorded. >> you have to go deeper to feel a little cooler water. and definitely warmer than usual. >> reporter: the scorching ocean causing a crisis for coral reefs, becoming diseased, bleached, and withered. >> we are racing against the clock here, because these waters are hot. and corals cannot survive in really hot water. >> reporter: at the keys marine lab, noaa providing facilities to save the endangered reefs, experts cleaning and prepping them. >> this tank could be the difference b...