A sudden marine heat wave off the coast of Florida has surprised scientists and sent water temperatures soaring to unprecedented highs, threatening one of the most severe coral bleaching events the state has ever seen.
I’m not denying climate change. I was recently in Florida and it is, indeed, hot af.
The article is saying that there’s evidence that the heat is causing coral to die. They really don’t know the extent of the impact.
Vague article titles are just a pet peeve of mine. This whole article could have been summed up in less than 3 sentences.
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That would mean “significant and severe” bleaching will start in the next week and the coral could start to die altogether within a month, he said.
“It still remains to be seen if this event is going to be more or less severe than previous events,” Manzello said. “However, all of the evidence right now is pointing to the fact that it’s going to be one of the more severe events we’ve seen.”
Kinda the nature of climate science/news though. Too many variables to report in absolutes; and historically these kinds of articles also err on the more conservative side of any kind of projections so as to not seem alarmist, so I suspect that’s a big factor in the “well, it could be super horrible, but y’know maybe we forgot to carry a 1 or something in our math and it’s actually going to be only kind of horrible… time will tell!” -kinda language. Gotta leave some wiggle room for people to be carry that wishful optimism.
I’m not denying climate change. I was recently in Florida and it is, indeed, hot af.
The article is saying that there’s evidence that the heat is causing coral to die. They really don’t know the extent of the impact.
Vague article titles are just a pet peeve of mine. This whole article could have been summed up in less than 3 sentences.
Quote:
Kinda the nature of climate science/news though. Too many variables to report in absolutes; and historically these kinds of articles also err on the more conservative side of any kind of projections so as to not seem alarmist, so I suspect that’s a big factor in the “well, it could be super horrible, but y’know maybe we forgot to carry a 1 or something in our math and it’s actually going to be only kind of horrible… time will tell!” -kinda language. Gotta leave some wiggle room for people to be carry that wishful optimism.
I mean, the surface temperature at the Keys is 92 degrees. Thats like bathtub temperatures.