claim: Mass coral bleaching is a new phenomenon and was never observed before the 1980s as global warming ramped up.
evidences.evidence_id: Coral bleaching:121
evidences.article: Coral bleaching
evidences.evidence: The first mass global bleaching events were recorded in 1998 and 2010, which was when the El Niño caused the oceans temperatures to rise and worsened the corals living conditions.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Coral bleaching:24
evidences.article: Coral bleaching
evidences.evidence: While localized triggers lead to localized bleaching, the large scale coral bleaching events of the recent years have been triggered by global warming.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Coral bleaching:40
evidences.article: Coral bleaching
evidences.evidence: According to Clive Wilkinson of Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network of Townsville, Australia, in 1998 the mass bleaching event that occurred in the Indian Ocean region was due to the rising of sea temperatures by 2°C coupled with the strong El Niño event in 1997-1998.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Coral bleaching:51
evidences.article: Coral bleaching
evidences.evidence: A global mass coral bleaching has been occurring since 2014 because of the highest recorded temperatures plaguing oceans.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Coral bleaching:76
evidences.article: Coral bleaching
evidences.evidence: The first recorded mass bleaching event that took place in the Belize Barrier Reef was in 1998, where sea level temperatures reached up to 31.5 °C (88.7 °F) from 10 August to 14 October.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS