Taiwan has continued to high temperature in many places, and there is no typhoon to cool down, which leads to the increase in risk of coral albinization in the surrounding waters.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (Noaa) has predicted that Kenting, Xiaolongliu and other southern regions have predicted that this week will take the lead in entering the first -level warning of coral albinization.After the coral may begin to bleach.notThe Taiwan United Daily News reported on Monday (July 18) that Taiwan has repeatedly broken high temperatures, and the water temperature in the surrounding waters is nearly 30 degrees Celsius, which has reached the critical value of coral tolerance.Chen Zhaolun, a researcher at the Biological Diversity Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, warned that if this kind of weather continues and does not have typhoons to cool down, except for Taiping Island, the surrounding waters around Taiwan will enter the second -level alert in mid -September.It will be very high.

Said that according to NOAA forecast, there are currently more than four thermal pressure indicators in the southern part of Taiwan, entering the first -level alert, and the opportunity to have the opportunity to occur.notBased on the "heat pressure" to evaluate the risk of coral albinization, the minimum warning is that it may occur, and the first -level alert is a obvious coral albinization incident; second -level alert is that there may be serious coral albinization or even death.Coral albinization refers to coral cause Micro symbolic seaweed death in the body < The phenomenon of turning white is The pathological characteristics of coral reefs.

Chen Zhaolun said that there was occasional typhoons in the past May to September, which can cool down for seawater, but this year is almost here to reach this yearThere is still no typhoon in late July, which is "big trouble" for corals.According to long -term forecast, due to the high pressure of the Western Pacific subtropical high pressure, the risk of coral exposure to ultraviolet rays will also increase.notIt is said that large -scale coral offsets occur every 20 to 25 years, but climate change has increased the frequency of extreme high temperatures. The albino reef estimates that it takes seven to ten years to recover.notThe last large -scale bleeding of corals was 2020. The overall loss of coral area reached 30 %, and corals in northern Taiwan and northeast corners were the first large -scale albinization.Chen Zhaolun said that he was worried that this year would reproduce the large -scale bleeding of corals.