Bleaching in our Southern Islands: 28 May - 2 Jun 2010

Karenne Tun shared photos of bleaching at Pulau Hantu and Raffles Lighthouse on facebook.

Besides hard corals, even sea anemones were bleaching!

She said "Reminiscent of the 1998 bleaching event - but perhaps a shade less severe. Its still early days yet; Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) hovering around 31degC. Hoping that it will not get warmer than that. Did 2 surveys today - at Pulau Hantu and Raffles Lighthouse, to assess the severity of the bleaching. Working out potential recovery index now."

Even a jellyfish was bleaching.

Other reports of bleaching during this period:

• Coral bleaching on our Southern shores? from wild shores of singapore, for various Southern submerged reefs.
• What is coral bleaching? from wild shores of singapore, for Pulau Tekukor.
• Kusu Island: slick-free for now from wild shores of singapore, for Kusu Island.
• Feeling the heat from the annotated budak.