Worst coral death strikes at South East Asia

11:06 AM Tue 19 Oct 2010 GMT

'Coral Bleaching' Franck Gicquiaud

International marine scientists say that a huge coral death which has struck Southeast Asian and Indian Ocean reefs over recent months has highlighted the urgency of controlling global carbon emissions. Many reefs are dead or dying across the Indian Ocean and into the Coral Triangle following a bleaching event that extends from the Seychelles in the west to Sulawesi and the Philippines in the east and include reefs in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and many sites in western and eastern Indonesia. 'It is certainly the worst coral die-off we have seen since 1998. It may prove to be ...

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by ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

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