Coral Bleaching - Fiji

Corals around Fiji have experienced elevated temperatures 18 times in the past 41 years.

1. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 11.24 C on 06-Apr-2019
2. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 10.30 C on 22-Mar-2014
3. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 9.48 C on 08-Apr-2016
4. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 8.79 C on 06-Apr-2023
5. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 8.69 C on 13-Apr-2023
6. Extreme stress - Severe Bleaching and Significant Mortality: DHW of 8.22 C on 03-Apr-2015
7. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 7.79 C on 11-Apr-2000
8. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 7.64 C on 20-Mar-2024
9. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 7.34 C on 16-Apr-2022
10. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.91 C on 26-Feb-2023
11. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.90 C on 24-Feb-2023
12. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.86 C on 02-Mar-2023
13. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.56 C on 23-Apr-2006
14. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 6.33 C on 20-Apr-2002
15. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.76 C on 24-Apr-2024
16. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 5.51 C on 30-Mar-2009
17. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.96 C on 15-Apr-2005
18. Major stress - Bleaching: DHW of 4.45 C on 04-Apr-2020

The ©Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days when the DHW > 1C) over the past 40 years is 3075.

The record of Degree Heating Weeks (DHW) over the past 40 years

The ©Cumulative Damage Index caused by coral bleaching events (days exceeding DHW > 1) over the past 40 years