Cold weather kills large swaths of Florida Keys coral « Charging ...
January's big chill led to widespread death of corals in many near shore and mid-channel reefs from Biscayne Bay to Summerland Key, but most of the popular offshore diving and fishing reefs in the Florida Keys were spared. ... Microbiologist Kim Ritchie of Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota saw many casualties of the recent cold, including boulder-sized star and brain corals that she estimated were growing when Henry Flagler built Florida's overseas railroad a century ago ...



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