Tag: Keys Marine Laboratory

The Keys Marine Laboratory maintains one of the largest temperature-controlled seawater systems in the Florida Keys, allowing for the study of corals and other marine organisms as well as offering a refuge for thermally stressed corals to recover and grow. (USF photo)

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Florida Institute of Oceanography’s Keys Marine Laboratory, hosted by USF, to return rescued corals back to the sea

November 1, 2023

Unprecedented heat waves this past summer caused one of the largest coral bleaching events in history.

Elkhorn coral fragments rescued from overheating ocean nurseries sit in cooler water at Keys Marine Laboratory. (Credit: NOAA)

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The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from devastating ocean heat

August 12, 2023

Divers have been collecting corals along the Florida Keys reef tract and moving them to cooler water and into giant ...

A Coast Guard rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010. (US Coast Guard, via Wikimedia Commons)

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Officials call on Biden to prevent offshore drilling leases; scientists rush to rescue corals

July 28, 2023

More than 100 elected officials from across the country, including 28 from Florida, signed a letter to Biden.

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