Coral reefs play a vital role in the overall health of the planet. And off the coast of Florida, they're in jeopardy, as the relentless heat continues.
"The corals are pale, it looks like the color's draining out," Katey Lesneski, research and monitoring coordinator for NOAA's Mission: Iconic Reefs, told theThis photo provided by the University of Miami Coral Reef Futures Lab shows a bleached flower coral on July 20, 2023, in the North Dry Rocks Reef off the coast of Key Largo, Florida.
This level was last reached last August, and bleaching events typically peak in late August or September. But this is the first time bleaching to this extent has been seen before Aug. 1, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary research coordinator Andrew Bruckner told the AP. The Upper Keys have not seen as"dramatic declines" as what the Coral Restoration Foundation saw in Sombrero Reef, but the foundation said that what they've seen"underscores the urgency of addressing climate change."
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