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It is likely a new world record has been set

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as Florida's shallow waters hit temperatures commonly associated with hot

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tubs. A peak temperature of 101.1 degrees. Fahrenheit

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was recorded above 38 miles southwest of Miami at a

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depth of 5 ft. It remained above 100째F

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for about four hours reports. Science alert while there's

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no official world record for sea surface temperature, a

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2020 scientific paper found that the previous he might have

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been 99.7째F. And while humans may handle the

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heat, coral reef ecosystems and the species that depend

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on them don't.