In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were stunning. We were in diving gear, checking up on hundreds of corals we had transplanted as part of our ...
After a devastating marine heat wave hit the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas in 2023, the populations of two essential ...
Healthy corals, like this one in Puerto Rico, have color. Bleached corals appear white. By Seán Kinane/WMNF News (2015). In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry ...
A diver surveys corals off Florida. After a marine heat wave in 2023, 97.8% to 100% of elkhorn and staghorn corals died in the Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas. (Gavin Wright / Shedd Aquarium) Since ...
Florida’s coral reefs have been on the decline for decades, and it looks like things could get a whole lot worse. Seven species of coral found in Florida and Caribbean waters “are extremely likely to ...
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, more than 1 billion people worldwide "benefit either directly or indirectly from the ecosystem services coral reefs provide." ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and ...