FL keys are heading towards another bad summer for corals

[mattfish]

I just read this over on the Miami Herald:

water temperatures in the Florida Keys are already approaching the coral danger zone — earlier and hotter than last year.

If this keeps up all summer I can’t see any way the remaining corals will survive. I hope the trend halts and temps stabilize.

 

[Eric802]

It's also forecasted to be a very active hurricane season, which might help. One of the issues last year, IIRC, was that it wasn't windy and wasn't a bad hurricane season; the shallow near-shore water just kept heating up and never mixed with cooler offshore water.

 

[mattfish]

Didn’t think I’d ever say this, but let’s hope we have lots of hurricanes