Florida's coral reef is dying. Only one thing can save it.
Climate change and the heat waves it causes are killing Florida’s corals, pushing this iconic reef in the Keys to the brink.
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Climate change and the heat waves it causes are killing Florida’s corals, pushing this iconic reef in the Keys to the brink.
Researchers are moving some species of coral to land in order to preserve what's left of them following the extreme water temperatures.
KEY LARGO, Fla. (WSVN) — Concerns are mounting over the health of South Florida’s coral reefs as extreme heat continues to cause severe bleaching, putting<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida/researchers-race-against-time-to-save-south-floridas-coral-reefs-amid-bleaching-crisis/">Read More</a>
Temperatures are the hottest they have been in recorded history, by a wide margin.
Catrin Einhorn (The New York Times) writes about attempts to save Florida’s coral: “Teams dedicated to ocean restoration are urgently moving samples to tanks on land as a marine heat wave devastates entire reefs.” For full article and photographs by Jason Gulley, visit The New York Times. When Bailey Thomasson first spotted the coral, she felt…