U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Homepage - 2016 …...2015 Caribbean Bleaching coralreefwatch.noaa.gov...
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2016 Outlook on Coral Bleaching: El Niño,
the guest overstaying his welcome
Dr. C. Mark Eakin
NOAA Coral Reef Watch
http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov
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2015: Warmest Year Ever – Again
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2015: Warmest Year Ever – Again
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/201512
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2015 Hawaiʻi Bleaching
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Global Bleaching: Last Half of 2014
Hawai‘i
Guam &
Marianas
Marshall
Islands
Florida
NOAA Coral Reef Watch Annual Maximum Satellite Coral Bleaching Alert Area 2014
5
Watch
Warning
Alert Level 1
Alert Level 2
Watch
No Stress
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Global Bleaching: 2015
Galápagos
Watch
Warning
Alert Level 1
Alert Level 2
Watch
No Stress
Hawaiʻi Caribbean
Panamá
6
NOAA Coral Reef Watch Annual Maximum Satellite Coral Bleaching Alert Area 2015
Kiribati
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PNG and
Solomons
Fiji
Fiji
Samoas
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2015 Hawaiʻi Bleaching
Oahu
Rusty Brainard
NOAA
Maui
Smith Lab
Scripps Inst. Of Oceanography
Hawaii
Donna Goodale
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2015 Caribbean Bleaching
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2015 Bleaching in:
Florida Cuba
Bahamas
Turks & Caicos
Cayman Islands
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Bonaire
Lower
FL
Keys
Cory Walter
MOTE
Cayman
Islands
Rupert Ormond
Heriot-Watt Univ.
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June 2014-December 2015 Thermal Stress
Global Reefs:
• 32% exposed to Alert Level 1 or 2
• ~100% stressed
US Reefs:
• 72% exposed to Alert Level 1 or 2
• 100% stressed
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Global Bleaching: Early 2016
Seychelles
Heron
Island
Western
India
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Global Bleaching: Early 2016
Seychelles
Heron
Island
Heron Island
(Jan 30, 2016, R. Vevers)
Western
India
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Global Bleaching: Early 2016
Heron
Island
Fiji
Kiribati
New
Caledonia
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Global Bleaching: Early 2016
Votua Village,
(Feb. 10, 2016, V. Bonito)
Fiji
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Global Bleaching: Early 2016
Fiji
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Who’s the Biggest El Niño?
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/
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El Niño Forecast
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html
1997-98 El Niño
1998-99 La Niña
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Bleaching Risk Through May 2016
Likely to Return to Indian, Eastern Pacific
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June 2014-June 2016 Thermal Stress
Global Reefs:
• 32% 62% exposed to Alert Level 1 or 2
• ~100% 100% stressed
US Reefs:
• 72% 73% exposed to Alert Level 1 or 2
• 100% stressed
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Bleaching Risk: June Through August 2016
Likely to Return to Southeast Asia, Caribbean
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Questions?
2016 Outlook on Coral Bleaching: El Niño,
the guest overstaying his welcome
Dr. C. Mark Eakin