![Dr. Phanor Montoya-Maya, center, lowers a tray of coral fragments into the hands of Coral Restoration Foundation staff member on Nov. 20, 2023, off of the coast of Tavernier in the Florida Keys. These coral fragments were taken out of the nursery to enable their survival earlier in the year, and as temperatures cooled, were returned to the ocean. (Miami Herald) Dr. Phanor Montoya-Maya, center, lowers a tray of coral fragments into the hands of Coral Restoration Foundation staff member on Nov. 20, 2023, off of the coast of Tavernier in the Florida Keys. These coral fragments were taken out of the nursery to enable their survival earlier in the year, and as temperatures cooled, were returned to the ocean. (Miami Herald)](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240524-AMX-US-NEWS-WATER-TEMPS-SOAR-FLORIDA-KEYS-1-MI.jpg?w=498)
Florida’s coral reefs experienced the deadliest bleaching event in history last summer, a toll largely caused by record hot coastal waters.Now, water temperatures in the Florida Keys are already approaching the coral danger zone — earlier and hotter than last year.It was enough for federal scientists to issue the earliest ever coral bleaching watch, an […]
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