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With rising water temperatures threatening Florida’s coral reefs, scientists have worked to relocate the animals in order to save them. But one rescue operation run in part by Disney and Sea World in Orlando has been doing this for years - even before the latest bout of extreme heat.
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Climate change is heating oceans faster than the world's coral reefs can handle. So scientists are breeding corals that can withstand hotter temperatures – but only to a point.
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The first survey of Florida’s reefs after an ‘apocalyptic’ marine heat wave offers a bleak picture of the future of the state’s renowned corals — and the restoration efforts to save them.
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Scientists are returning rescued coral into the Florida Keys Reef Tract. Earlier this summer, exceedingly warm water temperatures put many coral species in jeopardy.
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Iconic elkhorn and staghorn corals took the heaviest losses, and researchers say they are at risk of becoming “functionally extinct” in the Florida Reef.
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Experts say they are observing “thousands upon thousands” of miles of reefs undergoing bleaching due to heat stress caused by record high ocean temperatures.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists have warned conditions around reefs are far worse than in past bleachings, due to the warming of the oceans. Severe bleaching conditions are expected to hit the entire Caribbean by next month.
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In a race against time, multiple organizations are working to save the reef that runs along the Florida Keys during a heat wave that has already led to historic coral bleaching.
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A group of researchers based at the University of Florida are looking into whether low oxygen levels in the waters off the state's shores are contributing to coral bleaching and deaths.
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Coral spawning just brought a wave of much-needed excitement to coral scientists working to curb the bleaching crisis.
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University of Miami Rosenstiel scientists hoping to provide a genetic lifeline to Florida’s ailing reef are removing hundreds of colonies of healthy coral off Miami, hoping to outpace a wave of lethal bleaching spreading from the Florida Keys.
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Coral rescued from nurseries off Key Biscayne this month have now spawned at a University of Miami Rosenstiel School lab. Making babies could be a good sign for coral that have endured weeks of punishing heat.