Almost every single coral in a coral reef nursery in the Florida Keys has died as NOAA raises its coral bleaching warning system to the highest level possible for the area.

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.

  • @MicroWaveOP
    24•1 year ago

    “On July 20th, CRF teams visited Sombrero Reef, a restoration site we’ve been working at for over a decade. What we found was unimaginable — 100% coral mortality,” said Phanor Montoya-Mayoa, a restoration program manager at the foundation who has a doctorate in biology. “We have also lost almost all the corals in the Looe Key Nursery in the Lower Keys.”

  • @curious_illusions
    18•1 year ago

    I’m really happy I had the chance to go snorkel in the coral reefs on my life. Sad to know they will probably be gone before I die.

  • meat_popsicle
    8•1 year ago

    Stupid woke coral is just trying to interfere with the election season! Of course it happened in Florida, wake up sheeple!