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Up and down the chain of islands that form the Florida Keys, coral rescue groups and government and academic institutions have mobilised to save the coral from a historic bleaching event that experts say threatens the viability of the third-largest reef tract in the world. They've been working long days and weekends in blistering heat for weeks to get as many specimens as they can onto land amid reports of some reef tracts experiencing near total mortality. In mid-July, water surface temperatures averaged about 91 degrees (33 Celsius) off the lower Florida Keys, well above the average of 85 degrees (29.5 Celsius), according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports.
The Mediterranean is already seeing a decrease in the amount of visitors this summer compared to last year, according to the ETC.
Spanish firefighters carry out preventative measures ahead of the summer's wildfire season as a drought and high temperatures already recorded in the spring means there will be more blazes
Europeans, particularly in the south of the continent, are being subjected to more heat stress during the summer months as climate change causes longer periods of extreme weather, a study published Thursday shows. The European Commission's Copernicus Climate Change Service said comparisons of data going back over decades showed record heat last year resulted in hazardous conditions for human health. For more on the Copernicus report, FRANCE 24 is joined by Vincent-Henri Peuch, Director of Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and Deputy Director of the Copernicus Department at the European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
The oil giant ExxonMobil predicted global warming with great precision during the 1970s, according to a new report based on internal documents published in the journal Science.
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