'We Know What's Coming': Keys Coral Practitioners Prepared for Rescues Amid Bleaching Threats

'We know what's coming': Keys coral practitioners prepared for rescues amid bleaching threats

As forecasters warn of an unusually strong El Niño that could drive dangerously warm ocean temperatures across the Florida Keys this summer, the organizations that helped save thousands of corals during the worst bleaching event ever recorded on Florida’s Coral Reef say they’re entering the season better prepared than ever  before.  Researchers at the University […]

South Florida coral are in hot water again. Their caretakers have a plan

With South Florida facing what could become another summer of blistering ocean heat, scientists are bracing for a disastrous coral bleaching season. Groups across the state that tend to nurseries growing coral to restore Florida’s ailing reef have started making plans for a worse case scenario. In the Florida Keys, one nursery has begun labeling and preparing to move fragile elkhorn and staghorn coral to cooler, deeper water. Off Miami, elkhorn …

Panic In The Keys As Crews Race To Rescue Frying Corals

NOAA warns of bleaching in the Florida Keys as restoration groups move hundreds of elkhorn and staghorn corals to deeper nurseries and tanks.