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Rising ocean temperatures are bringing "unprecedented heat stress" to Florida's coral reefs, the NOAA https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/rising-ocean-temps-raise-new-concerns-coral-reefs has said . Daniel Eidsmoe recorded video showing some bleached, ghost-like coral near Tavernier. He told Storyful that the record heat in the Florida Keys had led to "bathtub-like water temperatures." "The heat has caused coral bleaching at levels never measured before," he said. Eidsmoe said that scientists and volunteers were working around the clock in an attempt to save the coral, with some of the coral being taken to deeper and cooler waters, while other coral was being sent to temperature-controlled laboratories. "A bleached coral is essentially starving to death because it has lost its main source of nutrition - the algae that live symbiotically within its tissues," NOAA Coral Reef Watch Director Derek Manzello https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/rising-ocean-temps-raise-new-concerns-coral-reefs said in July. Florida waters are now "hotter than they have ever been this early in the year," he said. (Footage by Daniel Eidsmoe/Storyful via Getty Images)