Mass bleaching seen in June on a submerged reef off Pulau Semakau
As with bleaching elsewhere, bleaching in Singapore is mainly attributed to unusually high sea temperatures.
Sea temperatures were unusually high in Singapore during May and June, research scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) told The Straits Times, with daytime temperatures on coral reefs here rising to more than 31 deg C or 32 deg C - at least two degrees above normal.
Most corals around Singapore were in danger because of sediment released during land reclamation work, NUS Associate Professor Peter Todd was quoted as saying.
Full article also on wildsingapore news
Here's my posts about bleaching in Singapore. Reports about bleaching in Singapore shared in other blogs or on facebook are posted on the Bleach Watch Singapore facebook page. From these trips, many corals indeed are no longer bleaching. However, there seems to be fewer corals. So it may be that many corals did not survive the bleaching.
More links
- More about coral bleaching in Singapore on the Bleach Watch Singapore blog.
- More photos of coral bleaching in Singapore on the Bleach Watch Singapore flickr group.
- More media articles about global bleaching events on wildsingapore news.
