Corals around US Virgin Islands 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 21.16 C on 10-Nov-2024 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 17.18 C on 26-Oct-2023 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 12.44 C on 25-Oct-2005 </li>
<li>Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 9.74 C on 13-Aug-2024 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 7.15 C on 13-Nov-2019 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.16 C on 24-Oct-2010 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.52 C on 02-Jan-2024 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.24 C on 11-Nov-2006 </li>
<li>Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.05 C on 10-Nov-2021 </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 1991. </p>