Scientists Urgently Moving Florida's Coral to Safety Amid Record Bleaching
- Florida's coral reefs are being devastated by a severe marine heat wave, causing mass coral bleaching.
- The Coral Restoration Foundation is desperately moving coral samples from the sea to tanks on land to try to save them.
- This is the worst coral bleaching event ever recorded in Florida's history.
- Scientists are hastily salvaging the most threatened coral species and creating gene banks.
- The long-term survival of coral reefs is in jeopardy without drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.