Nearly all coral off Nai Yang beach damaged by bleaching, say Phuket divers

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Nearly all coral off Nai Yang beach damaged by bleaching, say Phuket divers
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Mr Chana Wongthanawiruth estimated that almost 90 percent of the coral off Nai Yang Beach had been damaged by bleaching. Photo: Wang YI Long/Facebook

PHUKET: -- Divers from the Naiyang Reef Club have discovered a large amount of coral, off Nai Yang Beach which they say has been damaged by bleaching. The discovery was made by the group during a clean up exercise of the seabed which was carried out yesterday (June 5).

Mr Chana Wongthanawiruth, security personnel from Phuket International Airport, posted several photos of the bleached coral on his ‘Wang YI Long’ Facebook page along with the message: “It is already happening – coral bleaching at Nai Yang Beach and the damaged is severe this time.”

He also advised officials to visit the area and help recover the damaged coral before it’s too late.

Mr Chana revealed that at 10:30am yesterday, after he and his friends had taken part in a routine sea cleaning session off Nai Yang Beach, they then went to inspect the coral within Sirinath National Park territory.

He explained, “The area we inspected was about 2-3 metres deep. A lot of coral that was affected by bleaching back in 2000 is in the recovery stage. However, today the underwater temperature was 30 degrees which is consider high after rainfall.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/nearly-all-coral-off-nai-yang-beach-damaged-by-bleaching-say-phuket-divers-57747.php


-- Phuket News 2016-06-06

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so where did the bleach come from?

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