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Researchers treat battered coral reefs diseased by South Florida's heat wave
The abnormally high water temperatures have caused widespread coral bleaching, and the heat wave appears to be causing a fatal condition called Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease to spread faster than usual. Here’s what researchers are doing to help the problem.
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Researchers treat battered South Florida's coral reefs diseased by heat wave
Coral reefs have been bruised and battered this summer with the warm waters and now they face a new issue, stony coral tissue loss disease.
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‘Not all corals are going to die': Florida Keys nursery moves coral to cooler waters amid high water temps
The relocation is a preventative measure to help protect the corals from hot water temperatures, which can cause coral bleaching.
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Florida Keys corals moved to cooler waters amid high temps
A coral restoration group based in the Florida Keys has begun relocating local coral to cooler waters amid a marine heat wave.
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It's all hands on deck: Researchers harvest corals to protect them from underwater heat wave
Researchers from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science are harvesting corals from their coral farm off the coast of Key Biscayne, trying to protect them from the underwater heatwave.
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Univ. of Miami researchers attempt to save local coral reef from extreme heat
Scientists at the University of Miami are conducting a coral rescue mission amid coral bleaching, NBC6’s Ari Odzer reports.
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‘It just looks horrific': Coral crisis in South Florida intensifies with widespread bleaching
Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration documented extensive coral bleaching on reefs in the Florida Keys a few days ago. Bleaching is a stress response that can be caused by disease, pollution, or high water temperatures.
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Scientists scramble to save coral reefs dying from extreme heat in South Florida
Hot ocean temperatures have caused a massive bleaching and die off of the coral reefs, forcing scientists to seek new solutions.
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The marine heat wave is killing coral reefs. Here's how South Florida is being impacted
The high temperatures cause corals to bleach, which means they lose the symbiotic algae which give them their color
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The impact of extreme heat on coral reefs
With water temperatures at an all-time high, scientists are getting worried about the long-term effects ‘bleaching’ is having on South Florida’s coral reefs.