I have not seen much evidence while diving in various places around the BVI. But the one place where I have seen lots of coral bleaching is Brewers' Bay. There is definitely plenty of bleaching, I can't be exact. I think there may be several causes to this bleaching. One, there has been a lot of building going on around there, so maybe mudslides are destroying the reefs. Also, the reef is in fairly shallow water. Finally, Brewers is on the north side of Tortola. Maybe the weather is a key factor. I also think that if given the chance, the reef will recover.
I have definitely seen coral belching all over the island. I agree with Hugo I think the place were it is worst is Brewers Bay. But I also see it at Long Bay and seeing it had such a beautiful reef it really sad to see it all bleached. I think that Brewers is bleached because of the heat.There used to be sewer running into the water when I was small so that might have something to do with it. Last of all i think because theres a bar there people litter and don't clean up after them selfs for coke cans are scattered allover the place that also might have something to do with it.
I think Long Bay is bleached the heat and the littering also I think people step on coral and destroy it.
Thats what i think! :)
And i think its really sad because its destroying the fishes habitat's :(.
I dove alot during the summer and I snorkeled alot before I got certified and I think it is a problem because i used to dive and snorkel around Scrub Island and during the building all the chemicals from the building was completley ruining the coral and my dad and i used to dive arround there but now we cant because for one there is way to much boat traffic and there is no more coral to see or any more fish!
One of the places I noticed coral bleaching was when I was snorkeling around Cay Cay on the south side of Peter Island in May. The water was pretty deep and all I could see was dead white coral and barely any fish. This was pretty severe compared to when I was there about two years ago and the coral was alive with lots of color, sea fans and many species of fish. I think the coral bleaching is caused by the high water temperatures and the heat of the sun. Also because the water was so clear the penetration of the sunlight and the temperature of the water was greater. Around Tortola I have been noticing coral bleaching getting worse because of global warming.
i have seen lots of coral bleaching in the BVI mainly at Cooper Island on the second beach. It was quite bad although it was interesting beacuse i saw a mummy and a baby turtle looking for food and i touched the baby one.
the coral was also probably bleached by the sun and heat.
go away sun because your killing sea life
While sailing off of Nanny Cay i saw some regular coral suddenly a quick path of white so after lunch i took another look but this time i dived down with a snorkel
it was so whit it looked kind of beautiful then i realized it was bleached i was up set. I have a theory that since of all of the co2 that we let out E.G cars breathing
and pocwide pond with the fire the hole in the astrophere all the heat from the sun its afecting the reef and that people is my theory. :(
I also agree with Ryan theres no fish there aswell global warming is way to serous like who remembers that documentary
about the reefs 2010 is the time to act or
NO MORE REEFS.
People who dive see this alot. They see that the corals are changing colour. The reason they are changing colour is because the temperature in the Caribbean is getting warmer and if it continues the polyps will die and then the fish will die slowly too because they can't lay their eggs and if no eggs can be laid, which means that the fish population will eventually become extinct and countries who depend on fish will suffer.
I totally agree with all of you (snaps). We need to stop littering and damaging our planet. The heat of the global warming DOES affect our coral reefs by heating it and making the color fade (bleaching) them. We all need to take part in order to help our coral.
I have not seen a lot of coral bleaching on Tortola, but when I go to Nanny Cay I do see a lot of white coral. I don't know if that is coral bleaching, but it does look like it.
I have seen a lot of evidence of coral bleaching. I once went to Brewers bay to snorkel. As i was snorkeling, i saw many bright and vibrant colours on the outside of the reef. But as i got closer to the bit where the mountain comes down to i saw just plain white coral! i went up and swam back to the shore to ask my dad what it was and how it happened. He said that it was called " coral bleaching " and i was caused by the heat on the water and soil erosion. i was so amazed that just a little bit of extra sunlight and a little bit of soil could do so much damage!!!!! Anyway, that is what i think of coral bleaching!
I have seen lots of evidence of coral bleaching.i went to scub island and there were lots of bleached coral and distroyed reefs it was very bad i ageery with every body!
It is sad and it is not good for the fisheries the fish and of course us the coral is not beautiful it means the world would lose one of its greatest beautiful.
I'Ve seen so much coral bleaching all over the island places from steel point to canecarden bay,and overall it was pretty severe in the british virgin islands i want to see colour once again in the bvi!:)
I have seen a lot of coral bleaching... it is very sad because first the fishes don't have a lush and filled with life habitat... no coral for the fishes to live on or about. second the tourist don't get to see all the marvels that the BVI once held and was proud for!!! third all the soil that could be used for farming is i the water washing around doing more damage by the second!!!!! forth all the fishers who want fish to eat can't have it because all the fish have swam away!!
I feel sorry for the fish and people who suffer from this problem !!
It is a big problem that needs to be fixed and fast!
I have haven't seen any bleached coral but I have been scuba diving and snorkeling but have not seen any bleached coral. I do think it is very sad about the coral bleaching, if only we can fix it.
I have seen quite a bit around the islands while scuba diving such as sites as chromis reef on cooper island, and thumb rock also on cooper island on thumb the coral bleaching is very bad. the
worst place i have seen coral bleaching is in painted walls on dead chest which has a lot of sun exposure out to sea. I think we should do more research on how to stop coral bleaching
By the way I meant Srub Island. I agree Jude, we should do more research to stop coral bleaching. But as the article said climate change has a lot to do with this so we need to do the things that scientists say to deal with that issue.