'When water is too warm, corals will expel the algae (zooxanthellae) living in their tissues causing the coral to turn completely white,' NOAA states. That's especially worrisome for the Florida Keys, where less than 5% of coral cover still remains.
WFLA-TV in Tampa, wrote in a Sunday Twitter thread. "With favorable weather patterns for stagnation the next 10 days + and hot sea surface temps, we should be watching this area closely to see what kind of bleaching occurs."
Kim Wood, assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State University, noted Monday that the Gulf of Mexico is not just more bath-like than normal this summer. This year, it heated up faster, too.Hurricane outlook
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