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Sheril Kirshenbaum Jul 31, 2023

The extreme heat has devastated corals. As a former marine scientist, 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?”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/climate/coral-reefs-heat-florida-ocean-temperatures.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“Demand #climate action right now. Not in a year, not tomorrow, right now. Actually yesterday.”

Florida’s Record-Breaking Sea Temperatures Are Forcing Coral to Move Ashore

Teams dedicated to ocean restoration are urgently moving samples to tanks on land as a marine heat wave devastates entire reefs.

The New York Times

@Sheril What's really sad is that there are people that love the warmer water even though it's killing the ocean. We spent a 3 day weekend in Miami Beach about a month ago and the wife just loved the warm water. It's now her favorite beach. I blistered the bottoms of my feet walking on the sand until I realized no one was walking barefooted except me.