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Ken Nedimyer and his crew are headed to sea for an urgent rescue.Just offshore near Key Largo Florida, a small armada of boats gathers for an unprecedented mission: saving corals in critical danger.Below the ocean surface is what has coral experts worried: widespread, bone-white patches of bleached coral. Scientists say unusually-warm ocean water is stres
stanley cup sing the tiny animals to their breaking point. We ve seen temperatures hit 93, 94 degrees on the bottom, which in terms of recorded data history, is unheard of, says Katey Lesneski, a coral scientist with the Mission Iconic Reefs program at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. If a coral bleaches, it doesn t mean it s dead, but if conditions don t improve and it can t recover within a couple weeks to a month, it will die, Lesneski says.The main driver of warmer oceans, say climate scientists, is hum
stanley cup ans burning fossil fuels, steadily cranking up the planet s thermostat. Peer-reviewed scientific studies reveal about 90-percent of that excess heat is absorbed by the oceans.Nedimyer is considered the godfather of coral reef restoration. He s been diving the Florida Keys since 1969. When I first started coming down here it was a magical paradise, he says.Over the decades he s watched the health of the coral reefs decline, and 2023, he says, is the worst he s ever seen. They go from a brown color to a clear color the tissue is clear and when that happens, they re basically starting to starve
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MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Wildlife conservation has long been a strong effort made by many organizations with volunteer help. But now with a limit on volunteers and a lack of funding, conservation efforts are stretched thin. We have 72 miles of coastline that we will take turtles in from, and those 72 miles of coastline actually hold the largest population of nesting Loggerhead sea turtles in the world, Jessica
stanley vaso Patterson explained. She is the coordinator at the Sea Turtle Healing Center in Melbourne, Florida.The center takes in turtles found along this coast, helps them get back to health in this facility, and releases them. Turtles they temporarily name, like Perseverance and Jellybean. The number of turtles they take in can vary based on weather, human factors, and other animals. A few years ago we actually had over 1,500 washback or post-hatchling turtles come in, Patterson said. This year, COVID-19 has washed in some new issues. M
stanley quencher y biggest concern is that we re seeing a lower amount of strandings this year. We as a community are not on the beach seeing them because a lot of people are opting to stay home to stay safe, she said. That, and the people who take care of them.Due to health concerns and social distancing rules, the center went from having eight volunteers a day to three. On this day, two morning volunteers were feeding the turtles and giving them any needed medication. A lot of the sea turtle rescues are probably strug
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