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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 we're 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 i'm based. but these temperature trends are showing an elevated temperature in many parts of the ocean where this data is collected. how w...

World, without water and without electricity. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. let's 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 don't normally see this in the city, there's been an acknowledgement from officials that this is with the unprecedented, but you've got rivers that have flooded their banks, roads that are completely submerged, houses as well, some areas you can literally only see the reefs. a...

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 it's the only living barrier reef in the continental united states and the third largest barrier reef in the world...

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. we've had a few pilot experiments out there on the reefs we've manipulated to make corals more tolerant and this will be a test of that. >> this is what bleached coral looks like and it's already occurring across much of the florida...

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 between preserving the coral reef and not? >> that is correct. >> reporter: for norm montoya maya wit...