Corals around Curacao have experienced elevated temperatures 18 times in the past 41 years.
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<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 22.83 C on 02-Dec-2024 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 19.67 C on 16-Nov-2023 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 17.35 C on 10-Nov-2010 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 16.95 C on 02-Nov-2010 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 14.19 C on 19-Nov-2020 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 11.49 C on 07-Nov-2022 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 10.49 C on 02-Jan-2024 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 8.13 C on 05-Dec-2003 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 7.91 C on 15-Nov-2008 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 7.54 C on 24-Nov-2005 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 7.02 C on 08-Nov-2017 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.60 C on 06-Dec-2016 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.53 C on 04-Dec-2019 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.13 C on 04-Nov-2011 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.92 C on 19-Nov-2012 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.64 C on 27-Nov-2012 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.27 C on 02-Nov-1995 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.54 C on 29-Nov-2004 </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 3014. </p>