February is on track to become the ninth month in a row with record-breaking temperatures. This spells a lot of concerns for our plant, one of which is underwater in the Florida Keys, where rising marine temperatures have been bleaching the coral reefs. The temperatures last summer caused so much damage that NOAA added three more alert levels to a two-level system in order to measure the impact. In a recent survey of five coral restoration sites off the Florida Keys, several important corals were either completely decimated or barely found. Elkhorn and Staghorn corals provided habitats for fish and other organisms and our hallmarks of a healthy reef. Less than 22% of Staghorn corals survived, and those that did were only found in the two northern most sites. The low-key reef and the lower Florida Keys had no live staghorn or Elkhorn corals. By the new alert system, the Florida Keys hit alert levels 4 and 5 last summer, warning of the potential for near-complete coral mortality.