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Warm seawater kills most planted coral in Florida Keys due to restoration efforts

Researchers have found that record-warm seawater has killed more than three-quarters of the human-farmed corals that scientists have planted in the Florida Keys in recent years to support a threatened species that is highly vulnerable to climate change. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration returned to five reefs this week to plant staghorn… Read More »

Warm seawater kills most planted coral in Florida Keys due to restoration efforts

Researchers have found that record-warm seawater has killed more than three-quarters of the human-farmed corals that scientists have planted in the Florida Keys in recent years to support a threatened species that is highly vulnerable to climate change. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration returned to five reefs this week to plant staghorn… Read More »