APOLLO BEACH — Deep in the throes of the most severe coral bleaching event in Florida’s history, Keri O’Neil, a coral scientist by trade, was in need of some hope. It was two weeks since her team joined the scramble to rescue corals from superheated ocean waters off the Florida Keys. The whirlwind few days of travel left O’Neil and many scientists feeling deflated, and hope was hard to come .
Florida scientists are scrambling to evacuate corals into a “coral halfway house” as ocean temperatures surge into triple digits for the first time in recorded history. It’s a last-ditch effort
A buoy in Manatee Bay recorded water temperatures of 101.6 degrees on Monday, possibly the hottest sea surface temperature ever recorded, prompting scientists to transplant coral to temperature-controlled tanks.
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