full 1998

1998	The beginning of the end	It was in the middle of Aug in '98, the never ending story of coral bleaching begun.
1999	Death and the return to life	Almost all the table coral has dead.The algal films has grown thickly over the body.
2000	The next generation	The glimmer of hope has fallen.A tiny new born coral has born.
2001	Breaching again	Corals of Cape Maeda are suffering sever breaching again since 1998.
2002	Hope ended in deep despair	Many new corals are seen in this year.But the struggle for life is getting severe.
2003	The ending of the end	There is no hope. Coral reef of Okinawa I. has gone...
2006	Erosion is increasing	Erosion of dead corals are increasing.
2008	10 years later	Erosion is getting worse.
2009	Neverending story	New corals are growing ! How fantastic it is !

	An underwater view of Cape Maeda		Click here to identify each coral of the below by a larger version. (150kb 800x600)
19 Dec 1998		B1: Bad course... dying rapidly.Half dead B2:The recovering area did not enlarge.	19 Dec 1998	B:Finally coral B could not resist the force of death.
1 Dec 1998		B1: dying B2: recovering !! Left : Most of the coral have been dead.	1 Dec 1998	F:Half recovered ACD:Dead G:Soft coral.Half recovered
15 Nov 1998		Dying area is gradually spreading Dead	15 Nov 1998	B:The rest bleaching coral is still gradually dying F,G:gradually recovering
31 Oct 1998		Dying area is gradually spreading D: almost dying	31 Oct 1998	D:The damage is serious
27 Oct 1998	w.temp.81.5'F(27.5'c)	The only bleaching surviver that I found during 1 dive in less than 15ft(5m) in 33ft(10m) Left harf:dead Right harf:recovered after bleaching in 88ft(26.8m).survived good.	27 Oct 1998	D:Half dying
13 Oct 1998		w.temp.82.6'F(28.1'c) The color brown means the death of coral. But some coral survived the bleaching. Deeper than 50ft.(15m),half of Acropora coral survived and gettimg better. In less than 16ft.(5m), Montipora coral survived,but 99% of Acropora coral is dead.	13 Oct 1998	D:The area of dying is spreading . E:Begins to recover. AC:Dead.There's no hope to recover.
10 Oct 1998		w.temp.83.1'F(28.4'c) Seaweeds are growing thicker. But the last 1% of the coral is getting better little by little.	10 Oct 1998	Seaweeds are growing thicker. B:The area of dying is gradually spreading .
4 Oct 1998		w.temp.83.5'F(28.6'c) Brown is the color of death. 99% of coral have dead. Seaweeds are spreading all over the bottom.	4 Oct 1998	A:Dead B:The area of dying is spreading. D:Just one top of the coral is dying E:Stable.A strong coral against bleaching.
26 Sep 1998		w.temp.84.2'F(29.0'c) Reduce of whiteness is the worst sign. Brown is a color of seaweeds. Once seaweeds stick to coral,it's too late. Over 50% of coral have already dead.	26 Sep 1998	A:Half dying B:Partially dying E:No remarkable change
15 Sep 1998		A view of Cape Maeda w.temp.84.9'F(29.4'C) On 20 Aug,it was 87.6'F (30.9'c) Most of coral were bleaching.	15 Sep 1998	ABD:Bleaching C:Dead E:Partially bleaching
14 Jun 1998		A view of Cape Maeda Water temp. 80.1'F (27.1'C) There's no bleaching coral. Various kinds of coral made perfect natural harmony.	22 Aug 1998	Click here to identify each coral of the below by a larger version. (150kb 800x600) A:Acropora monticulosa (Sankaku-midoriishi in J.)--Not bleaching B: Platygyra lamellina (Nou-sango in J)--Not bleaching. C:Acropora sp.--Half bleaching. D:Pocillopora eydouxi (Herajika-hanayasai-sango in J.) -Bleaching only its tops E:Montipora informis (Norikomon-sango in J.)-Not bleaching