Coral Bleaching - Cat_Island

Corals around Cat_Island have experienced elevated temperatures 4 times in the past 41 years.

1. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 15.23 C on 15-Oct-2023
2. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 14.17 C on 02-Oct-2023
3. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 14.17 C on 05-Oct-2023
4. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.88 C on 18-Oct-2024

The ©Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days when the DHW > 1C) over the past 40 years is 848.

For information about why elevated temperatures are so damaging to corals, go to Coral Bleaching.

The record of Degree Heating Weeks (DHW) over the past 40 years

The ©Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days exceeding DHW > 1) over the past 40 years

The data on this page were last updated on 3 May 2024. The next update is scheduled for 1 June 2024.