Corals around Cayman Islands have experienced elevated temperatures 6 times in the past 41 years.
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<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 17.71 C on 22-Oct-2023 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 17.62 C on 17-Oct-2023 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 9.79 C on 06-Oct-2024 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.59 C on 13-Oct-2015 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.56 C on 28-Sep-1998 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.12 C on 13-Oct-2020 </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 1363. </p>