The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 13, 2023 Marine Biologists Warn Ocean Heat Threatens Mass Die-Off of Caribbean Coral Reefs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the Caribbean, marine biologists are warning that unprecedented ocean heat is further stressing a coral reef system that's already on the brink of collapse. This week the Farmers Insurance company said it would no longer cover properties in Florida, citing increasingly frequent extreme weather and flooding events caused by the climate crisis. .