Warming sea bleaching corals around Phang-nga’s Tachai Island

[snoop1130]

Image Courtesy: Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

 

Corals around Tachai Island, in the Similan Islands Nation Park off the southern province of Phang-nga, are bleaching due to the rising temperature of the sea water.

 

Paisan Boonsawat, chief of Phuket Marine Park Operation Centre 2, said that his officials had surveyed corals around the island over the past two days and found staghorn, hump and flower corals are bleaching.

 

He said that about 20% of the corals in water 2-8 metres deep have started bleaching and 5% are fully bleached adding, however, that corals in deeper waters are currently unaffected.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/warming-sea-bleaching-corals-around-phang-ngas-tachai-island/

 

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[stevenl]

Not many corals there shallow, I'm afraid other sites will be more affected.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He said that about 20% of the corals in water 2-8 metres deep have started bleaching and 5% are fully bleached adding, however, that corals in deeper waters are currently unaffected.

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