No, it's not. The Times reported the Atlantic off the coast of Florida was 89 degrees. Fahrenheit.
Fahrenheit.
Water boils at 100 degrees Centigrade. Which converts to 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
89 degrees Fahrenheit is warm bathwater, no where near boiling.
Come on. This is grade school science. Report accurately. 89 degrees Fahrenheit and bleaching events (which may or may not have been due to temps) are bad enough without giving the deniers fodder for their conspiracy theories and what have you just to further catastrophize (for money? for attention?) what is already significant and worrisome on its own to anyone rationsl.