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Description:
Author(s):
Eakin, CM; Liu, G; Gomez, AM; De La Cour, JL; Heron, SF; Skirving, WJ; Geiger, EF; Marsh, BL; Tirak, KV; Strong, AE
Title:
Ding, Dong, The Witch is Dead (?) - Three Years of Global Coral Bleaching 2014-2017
Publication Date:
2017
Journal Title:
Reef Encounter
Volume:
32
Issue:
1
Page(s):
33-38
Abstract:
"In 2016, we wrote in Reef Encounter about the ongoing Third Global Coral Bleaching Event, which was forecast to continue into 2017 (Eakin et al. 2016). As predicted, the 2015-16 strong El Nino formed, worsening the bleaching, and was followed by a La Nina event. Despite the end of the La Nina, high temperatures persisted into 2017. At least half of the worlds coral reef areas bleached in two or all three years of the event, and many suffered the worst bleaching ever documented. As of June 2017, the three-year-long, Third Global Coral Bleaching Event has most likely ended (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA 2017) but remains the longest, most widespread, and probably the most destructive ever recorded."
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Notes:
FY2017; CRCP Project ID: 915; Project Title: Coral Reef Watch: Satellite and Model-Based Products for Coral Reef Ecosystem Managers; Principal Investigator: Mark Eakin
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