WIO bleaching alert 1/2/21
The decadal forecast of the UK Meteorological Office shows the observed higher temperatures in 2016 and 2020, and updates the […]
WIO bleaching alert 15/1/21
2020 was tied with 2016 as the warmest years on record, making it the sixth in a series of exceptionally […]
WIO bleaching alert 1/4/20
Hot spot development is highest along the East African coast where the alert for coral bleaching is high for the […]
WIO bleaching alert 16/3/20
No changes since February and both ENSO and IOD are still in neutral phases. Sea surface temperatures remain warmer than […]
WIO bleaching alert 7/1/20
2019 was a record hot year globally, indicated by record conditions during the northern summer across Europe, and the record-breaking […]
WIO bleaching alert 15/4/19
Large parts of the WIO are still warmer than normal but are generally cooling as the southeast wind intensifies. The […]
WIO bleaching alert 01/4/19
Large parts of the WIO are still hotter than average apart from the Southern Mozambique Channel, however, conditions are stable […]
WIO bleaching alert 15/03/19
Tropical Cyclone Idai moved across the central Mozambique Channel in both directions, with moderate wind-speeds, resulting in cooler than normal […]
WIO bleaching alert 01/03/19
Cooler conditions have persisted in the southern Mozambique Channel waters leaving only a slight positive anomaly in some parts. Hotspot […]
WIO bleaching alert 16/02/19
The warm conditions across the WIO have persisted, with waters in the central part of the Mozambique channel (western Madagascar) […]
WIO bleaching alert 01/02/19
The warm conditions through the WIO have continued through January, though in the south two tropical storms in the southern […]
WIO bleaching alert 07/01/19
At the beginning of January, temperatures across the entire WIO are over 1o C warmer than usual for the same […]