Corals around Martinique have experienced elevated temperatures 9 times in the past 41 years.
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<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 21.10 C on 13-Nov-2024 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 21.10 C on 17-Nov-2024 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 18.22 C on 29-Oct-2023 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 13.18 C on 04-Nov-2005 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 11.47 C on 19-Oct-2010 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 10.21 C on 23-Sep-2010 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.18 C on 18-Nov-2003 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.10 C on 02-Jan-2024 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.94 C on 24-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 2145. </p>