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A Desperate Push to Save Florida’s Coral: Get It Out of the Sea (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by GlassHalfHopeful@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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The extreme heat has devastated corals.This is a truly heartbreaking read:

“The coral didn’t even have a chance to bleach, it just died. It just felt like, ‘Oh my God, we’re in the apocalypse.’ What’s happening?”

Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20230731225349/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/climate/coral-reefs-heat-florida-ocean-temperatures.html

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[–] RealAccountNameHere@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

I fail to see how this isn't the apocalypse.

[–] Generic_Handel@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shouldn't this be on "nottheonion".

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

sighs

Exactly.

[–] Caaaaarrrrlll@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

What's the point of migrating the coral reefs out of the ocean? Isn't it a habitat for sea life? What of the sea life, their home is being scooped up?