Coral Bleaching - Turks_Caicos

Corals around Turks_Caicos have experienced elevated temperatures 14 times in the past 41 years.

1. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 21.29 C on 25-Oct-2023
2. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 17.19 C on 21-Oct-2024
3. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 11.25 C on 17-Aug-2023
4. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 11.22 C on 20-Aug-2023
5. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 8.78 C on 06-Nov-2019
6. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.64 C on 23-Oct-2015
7. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.39 C on 24-Sep-2010
8. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.24 C on 28-Aug-2010
9. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.10 C on 02-Jan-2024
10. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.96 C on 06-Sep-2010
11. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.53 C on 07-Nov-2012
12. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.36 C on 30-Oct-2021
13. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.36 C on 24-Oct-2022
14. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.20 C on 06-Nov-2013

The ©Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days when the DHW > 1C) over the past 40 years is 2415.

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.