and bleach for a longer period than they ve ever bleach before. this will likely lead to high levels of coral mortality. how worried are you about the fate of the coral reefs in florida right now? very worried. it s really concerning. these high temperatures are just one more stressor on top of all the other stressors that are reefs here are facing in florida. coral reefs are showing us the specimens the raisin and northeastern university that go from these tanks, to the reeves of county. right now, they ve halted the coral planting effort because the water is just too hot. divers are recording temperatures in the high 80s, as deep a 70 feet. combined with stony coral tissue disease, but you can see here, and pollution, florida reefs keep taking punches, wave after wave. bill prokupecz been following corals for many years. it s a very grim forecast. someone asked me the other day,