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UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record temperature and ice melt increases in 2023

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” on global warming, citing record increases in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice last year, and warning that the world’s efforts to stop it should continue. It was insufficient to reverse the trend. The World Meteorological… 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 »

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 »