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Thailand closes diving sites over coral bleaching crisis
Smithsgold - 5/27/2016 10:56 AM
Category: General
Replies: 1

Thailand closes diving sites over coral bleaching crisis

cnn.com/2016/05/27/travel/thailand-dive-sites-cor...bleaching/index.html

More than 10 diving sites in Thailand’s national marine parks have closed due to widespread coral bleaching, amid the country’s continued efforts to seal off its famous tourist attractions to protect the environment.

At its worst in over six years, coral bleach has spread widely between 40% to 80% of the reefs along both the east coast (Gulf of Thailand) and the west coast (Andaman Sea), according to Nattapol Rattanaphan, Director of the Marine National Park Division
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Eric_R - 5/27/2016 7:42 PM
This is going to cause a lot of dive operations to have major decreases in business. Hope this is only temp.