It also leaves coral more vulnerable to disease and death.Ī loss of coral reefs also means a loss of marine life that depends on those systems for food and shelter. Just a few days ago, researchers discovered that a coral reef restoration site off South Florida had " 100% coral mortality." When the ocean gets too warm, it causes the algae residing in coral tissues to be expelled, turning coral white instead of its usual vivid colors. The unprecedented temperatures hitting the waters off Florida's coasts could be detrimental. The sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean on July 13, 2023, in Miami Beach, Florida. Further south, the Vaca Key buoy has also remained at temperatures in the low- to mid-90s. The Little Blackwater buoy, located across a stretch of highway that separates it from the Manatee Bay monitor, hasn't recorded temperatures below 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit since Monday afternoon. "I have no doubt a dip in Manatee Bay today would have been a hot tub-like experience, with SSTs near 100✯, and that these waters were some of the hottest ever recorded on Earth," he said.īuoys nearby have consistently recorded water temperatures in at least the mid-90s for days now. But even if it's not a world record, he said it would still be a significant marker. There is a possibility that the Manatee Bay buoy's record-holding status could be invalidated because the buoy is near land and the water may have organic matter that contributed to the temperature, Masters said. That incident, the study says, was also "associated with heatwave, neap tides, and an extended period of Kous winds which are characterized by high humidity levels and accompanied by large-scale intermittent fish kill incidents that extended the full length of the Kuwait coastline." The study Masters referenced says the temperature recorded in Kuwait Bay at that time had never been previously recorded.
"But according to a 2020 paper…the world SST record may be 37.6☌ (99.7☏), recorded by the offshore station KISR01 in the middle of Kuwait Bay." "Official world SST records are not kept," he said.
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