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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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A new artificial reefs program that scientists hope will help reduce stress on the Florida Keys' fragile marine ecosystem has started this month — with the first project off Key West already in the works.
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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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“It spread so rapidly in the Caribbean, which suggests it could spread quickly through the Pacific," said Isabella Ritchie, a Ph.D. student at USF and the lead author of a recent study.
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A senior research associate at the University of Miami said sea surface temperatures have been breaking records every day since March 2023.
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss warm waters in the Atlantic and what it means for coral reefs, a legal settlement between Disney and DeSantis’ allies, why the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse in Baltimore is a reminder for Tampa Bay residents, ‘mangrove rangers’ try to preserve disappearing mangroves, and a conversation with photojournalist Octavio Jones about his reporting trip in Haiti.
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The expanded complex doubles the original facility's capacity with state-of-the-art coral care equipment. The upgrades are worth $3 million.
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The research vessel and live-in laboratory called the Coral Reef II, is docked in Miami to study a plethora of animals including queen conch, endangered rock iguanas, sharks and climate change’s impact on the coral reef.
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Mote's president and CEO said the partnership will "enhance science-based coral resilience and restoration approaches despite the threats that we're seeing today."
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The pickle-shaped bottom feeders may reduce the amount of microbes on the seafloor that could potentially sicken coral, scientists suggest
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It’s only February, but sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean are already hitting early summer levels, a worrying trend that could indicate an active hurricane season ahead — or another marine heat wave.
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Barely one-fifth of the staghorn corals survived. And elkhorn corals weren't even found at two of the five reefs surveyed. These are the biggest, most visible corals found in the world's third-largest reef.