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Coral Bleaching
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Coral Bleaching - British Virgin Islands

Corals around British Virgin Islands have experienced elevated temperatures 12 times in the past 41 years.

  1. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 20.55 C on 31-Oct-2024
  2. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 17.90 C on 27-Oct-2023
  3. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 14.72 C on 19-Oct-2005
  4. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 13.00 C on 08-Sep-2024
  5. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 10.04 C on 13-Aug-2024
  6. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 8.19 C on 12-Nov-2019
  7. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.30 C on 28-Oct-2010
  8. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.26 C on 11-Nov-2006
  9. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.94 C on 02-Jan-2024
  10. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.90 C on 08-Nov-2021
  11. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.29 C on 14-Nov-2020
  12. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.28 C on 11-Nov-2015

The ©Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days when the DHW > 1C) over the past 40 years is 2269.

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.
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