By 2050, over 42% of the current land area of Florida’s islands could be under water (both intermediate and high scenarios; Fig.3). By 2100, with 1.2 m of sea level rise (as predicted by the intermediate scenario), over 66% of the land that is currently above water on islands will...
Scientists track reef fish communities’ abundance, richness, and size population through surveys, a task that is a challenge to do underwater but essential for fish and coral reef management. While there are many ways to survey, one method used across Florida's Coral Reefs is the point count...
When the water levels rise, all of these people will be forced to relocate as their whole cities, towns, and homes go underwater due to climate change in Antarctica. In places like Florida, Bangladesh, and other low-lying areas, even modest increases in sea levels—the kind possible before...
The Coral Restoration Foundation grows corals in underwater nurseries. After about a year, the corals are taken to the wild. CNN “We’ve been able to recreate one of the biggest thickets in the Florida Keys of staghorn coral, and that’s something we can duplicate throughout the Keys and...