Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:20:41 EDT NOAAWatch - Coral Bleaching http://www.noaawatch.gov/themes/coral_bleaching.php NOAA Information on Coral Bleaching noaawatch@noaa.gov http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html en-us noaawatch@noaa.gov http://www.noaawatch.gov/images/rss/coral.gif NOAAWatch Coral Bleaching http://www.noaawatch.gov/themes/coral_bleaching.php NOAA Logo Scientists use NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch to monitor coral reefs http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/ Corals start to feel stressed when the sea surface temperature is more than 1°C above the average we expect to see in the hottest month. Even more important for corals is build-up of warm-water stress over time. Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:22:44 EDT noaawatch@noaa.gov