Heat leads to mass coral bleaching in Florida
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Scientists expect a 'complete mortality' of the bleached reefs around the Florida Keys in only a week and are now on a rescue mission.
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Remote Pacific coral reef shows at least some ability to cope with
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The decline of the Great Barrier Reef
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Impact of mass bleaching event on Florida coral reefs far worse
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Coral Bleaching and Calcification
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Frontiers Selecting Heat-Tolerant Corals for Proactive Reef
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Climate-Related Death of Coral Around World Alarms Scientists
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I visited a beautiful coral reef in 2022. What I saw there this
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Evidence mounts that Florida's corals are devastated by warm ocean
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NOAA and partners race to rescue remaining Florida corals from
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For Florida's Ailing Corals, No Relief From the Heat - Inside
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The Fading Color of Coral: Anthropogenic Threats to Our Native
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Mass Coral Bleaching Event in Florida as Ocean Temperatures Exceed
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Extreme Heat Causes Mass Bleaching Event at Great Barrier Reef