THAILAND-ENVIRONMENT-CORALS-DISEASE

AFP : This photo taken on December 22, 2022 shows Lalita “Nan” Putchim, marine biologist and specialist in coral biology from Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, taking samples of yellow-band disease on coral formations off the coast of Samae San island in Sattahip district in the coastal Thai province of Chonburi. – Underneath Thailand’s calm turquoise seas, Thai scientists are frantically studying a highly infectious disease that is killing the kingdom’s vital corals — and threatening the local tourist economy. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / To go with ‘THAILAND-ENVIRONMENT-CORALS-DISEASE,FOCUS’ by Montira RUNGJIRAJITTRANON