Iconic Reefs (M:IR) provided critical context for a new research paper published in Science that reports the functional ...
The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida's coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are ...
In a grim study, a team of nearly 50 researchers concludes that extreme ocean heat killed off two crucial coral species that ...
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Florida coastal corals declared 'functionally extinct' after record-breaking heatwave
The Acropora coral species- staghorn and elkhorn- were once the backbone of reef ecosystems in Florida and the Caribbean and have long been the focus of major restoration efforts. The study was led by ...
In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were stunning. We were in diving gear, ...
Two of Florida’s Acropora reef-building coral species had become functionally extinct across Florida’s coral reef.
The crucial reef-building corals were decimated by a marine heat wave in the Florida Keys. Can advances in restoration help ...
Recent record-breaking ocean temperatures have killed off so many elkhorn and staghorn corals, they are on the verge of disappearing completely, scientists have found.
The marine heat wave that gripped Florida in 2023 was hotter than anything the state has seen in 150 years, and claimed at ...
Florida’s acroporids have joined the ranks of the California condor – they cannot recover without help. But unlike the condor ...
Elkhorn and staghorn coral are now functionally extinct around the state, researchers say, meaning they no longer play any ...
An exhibit on coral reefs and how global climate change threatens them will be the focus of the Aquarium of the Pacific this summer — as it was supposed to be last year. “Coral Reefs: Nature’s ...
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