Corals around Jamaica have experienced elevated temperatures 8 times in the past 41 years.
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<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 22.17 C on 02-Nov-2023 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 22.17 C on 04-Nov-2023 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 22.15 C on 09-Nov-2023 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 17.35 C on 01-Nov-2024 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 7.73 C on 02-Jan-2024 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.31 C on 08-Nov-2019 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.69 C on 05-Nov-2017 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.04 C on 03-Nov-2010 </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 1554. </p>