Corals around British Virgin Islands have experienced elevated temperatures 12 times in the past 41 years.
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<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 21.36 C on 09-Nov-2024 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 17.90 C on 27-Oct-2023 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 14.72 C on 19-Oct-2005 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 13.00 C on 08-Sep-2024 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 10.04 C on 13-Aug-2024 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 8.19 C on 12-Nov-2019 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.30 C on 28-Oct-2010 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.26 C on 11-Nov-2006 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.94 C on 02-Jan-2024 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.90 C on 08-Nov-2021 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.29 C on 14-Nov-2020 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.28 C on 11-Nov-2015 </li>
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<p> The &#169;Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days when the DHW > 1C) over the past 40 years is 2357. </p>