Author: Jutarat Skulpichetrat, Reuters, BANGKOK

  • Thailand closes dive sites to halt damage to reefs

    Thailand is closing dozens of dive sites to tourists after unusually warm seas caused severe damage to coral reefs in the Andaman Sea, one of the world’s top diving and beach resort regions, authorities said on Thursday. More than half of southern Thailand’s 15,000 hectares of coral reefs are suffering from bleaching, or the shedding…