A Crucial Time for Reefs: Climate Change, El Niño, and the 2014-16 Global Bleaching Event (IMAGE)

American Geophysical Union

A Crucial Time for Reefs: Climate Change, El Niño, and the 2014-16 Global Bleaching Event

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The top images show the maximum thermal stress levels measured by NOAA satellites in 2014 and 2015 along with locations where the worst coral bleaching was reported. The bottom image shows the Four Month Bleaching Outlook for February-May 2016 based on the NOAA Climate Forecast System model along with locations.

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