本月初，我们开始看到印度洋西部沿线漂白珊瑚的照片。We’ve heard about bleaching in the Australian Great Barrier Reef and the Pacific Islands, but the bleaching is far worse and extends across all the way across the Indian Ocean with reports from the Maldives, Seychelles, Madagascar, Tanzania, Reunion Islands, Mauritius and Mozambique.
这个周末发布的天气警报使我们希望一些漂白的珊瑚仍然有生存的机会。
警报摘要：2016年4月15日。在季风季节发生的变化much of the Western Indian Ocean resulting in stronger/rougher conditions and associated cloud cover, causing cooling in surface waters. New bleaching reports are still being made, however stress should be dissipating, and observations should shift towards recovery or death. Overall, the bleaching alert for the WIO is declining. Meanwhile, bleaching has already been reported in the Maldives and Lakshadweep by early April, marking an early start to coral bleaching in the Northern Indian Ocean.
Once corals have bleached, there is a good chance they will die. Although there are example of the ‘Phoenix Effect’ when tissues deep inside the corals survive and recolonize the skeleton, it is often difficult for a full coral colony to recover from bleaching.
从我们沿着莫桑比克海岸线的图片中，似乎只有精选的珊瑚殖民地受到影响。这给健康的珊瑚带来了可能性产卵并重新殖民礁石through natural process.
目前，在非洲海岸线上预测更冷，风较大和多雨的条件，使珊瑚有时间恢复，Zooxanthellae种群恢复。我们希望珊瑚具有最小的漂白剂能够恢复，并且海洋状况对健康的珊瑚礁蓬勃发展仍然有利。[CORDIO]
