Areas of estimated severe thermal stress (1998-2007)

Mar 10, 2011
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Grid cells classified by estimated severe thermal stress (1998-2007). Values of 0 indicate no stress, Values of 1 indicate severe thermal stress. Severe thermal stress is defined as a NOAA Bleaching Alert Level 2 (DHW is greater than 8) that occurred at least once during the period of 1998 to 2007, or an observation of severe coral bleaching from ReefBase between 1998 and 2007. See technical notes for more information.
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World Resources Institute
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1998-2007
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Burke, L., K. Reytar, M. Spalding, and A. Perry. Reefs at Risk Revisited. (Washington, DC, USA: World Resources Institute, 2011). Online linkage: www.wri.org/reefs.
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1-km grid
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