In The Florida Keys, Scientists Race To Rescue Corals From Deadly Ocean Temperatures
A relentless marine heat wave is devastating coral reefs — and scientists have mobilized to save them.
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A relentless marine heat wave is devastating coral reefs — and scientists have mobilized to save them.
A relentless marine heat wave is devastating coral reefs — and scientists have mobilized to save them.
In the face of a massive coral bleaching event in South Florida, thousands of coral specimens are being housed at the Keys Marine Laboratory.
THE FLORIDA KEYS — Cynthia Lewis carefully pulled back the lid covering a 240-gallon tank. As the bubbles subsided, there they were: her life’s work, the very animals she has studied for more than two decades, dying in front of her eyes. Corals, hundreds of them, lined the scores of saltwater tanks in the outdoor lab Lewis oversees. All showed signs of serious trouble — paled patches or ...
Scientists are evacuating hundreds of corals from the unprecedented ocean heat in a last-ditch effort to curb a mass die-off.