Can Florida's corals survive climate change? Fate of one small reef may hold the answer
‘We don’t want to keep doing this just to watch our corals die. We need to learn from the survivors.’
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‘We don’t want to keep doing this just to watch our corals die. We need to learn from the survivors.’
Andrew Baker, a professor of Marine Biology and Ecology at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School, is talking about the culprit of the biggest coral bleaching event Florida has ever seen.
University of Miami scientists and volunteers planted a diverse range of staghorn coral fragments onto a bleaching reef to test which populations can survive South Florida’s warming waters.
University of Miami scientists are trying to provide a genetic lifeline to Florida’s ailing reef, hoping to outpace a wave of lethal bleaching spreading from the Florida Keys.
Extreme heat, earlier than expected, is causing corals to die off by the hundreds. The University of Miami is teaming up with other labs to collect as many as possible.