Update on coral bleaching at Sultan Shoal (Aug 2014)

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has been relocating corals at Sultan Shoal as part of their preventive measures to protect the corals from the development works for the future Tuas Terminal and DHI was engaged to carry out the relocation works.

Recently, MPA has updated its NGO partners on the observations of coral bleaching at Sultan Shoal.

Update on coral bleaching at Sultan Shoal (Jul 2014)

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has been relocating corals at Sultan Shoal as part of their preventive measures to protect the corals from the development works for the future Tuas Terminal and DHI was engaged to carry out the relocation works.

Recently, MPA has updated its NGO partners on the observations of coral bleaching at Sultan Shoal.

Coral bleaching at Sultan Shoal (Jun 2014)

The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has been involved in moving corals at Sultan Shoal in a conservation project to protect them from development works for the future Tuas Terminal.

Recently, MPA updated its NGO partners on the observations of coral bleaching at Sultan Shoal.

Western Australia coral reefs at risk from highest ocean temperatures in 215 years

High ocean temperatures off the West Australian coast are “unprecedented since at least 1795” and pose a significant threat to the state’s coral reefs, scientists say.

Bleaching Area Alert
on the US NOAA Satellite and Information Service

“Ocean temperatures have warmed so much and sea levels have risen so much over the last 150 years that every natural event is amplified,” Zinke said. “So any future heatwave is probably going to be more extreme. We’ve crossed this line where coral bleaching can now occur on a large scale.”