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'Boiling not warming': Marine life suffers as sea temperatures hit record
Reuters, Published on 23/05/2024
» TRAT - Aquatic life from coral reefs to fish in the Thailand's eastern gulf coast is suffering as sea surface temperatures hit record highs this month amid a regional heatwave, worrying scientists and local communities.
Endangered turtles with trackers freed
Reuters, Published on 16/05/2024
» PHUKET - Off the shore of Thailand's resort island of Phuket, marine conservationists have released 11 baby leatherback sea turtles into the Indian Ocean, hoping they can thrive in the wild and return in two decades to reproduce.
Divers take on 'ghost gear' threatening marine life
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2024
» PHUKET - Beneath the surface of the turquoise waters off a beach on this southern resort island, divers laboriously collect abandoned fishing gear, much of it made from plastic, that is tangled on coral and trapping sea life.
150 Rohingya stranded on leaking boat off Ranong
Reuters, Published on 07/12/2022
» At least 150 ethnic Rohingya people are stranded at sea off Thailand after their boat broke down, activists said on Wednesday, adding that several may have died and urging authorities to rescue the survivors.
Military denies involvement in network removed by Facebook
Reuters, Published on 04/03/2021
» The military on Thursday said it was not behind a network of Facebook accounts that the social media giant took down on the grounds they were using deceptive behaviour to influence public debate.
Women gold panners are rare winners in Covid-hit economy
Reuters, Published on 30/12/2020
» NARATHIWAT: As the yellowish mud swirls away in the waters of the Sai Buri river, Sunisa Srisuwanno lifts her wooden pan with a cluster of gleaming specks caught in the centre.
Mass vaccination of horses underway to curb AHS virus
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2020
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Thailand began vaccinating some 4,000 horses on Monday in a bid to contain the spread of the deadly African Horse Sickness (AHS), a disease that only affects horses and other equine animals.
Deserted beaches lure rare turtles to build most nests in 20 years
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2020
» Rare leatherback sea turtles have built the largest number of nests in two decades on beaches in Phuket and Phang Nga bereft of tourists because of the coronavirus pandemic, environmentalists say.
Second Chinese tourist found infected with coronavirus
Reuters, Published on 17/01/2020
» A second case of infection with a new Chinese coronavirus has been found in Thailand as health authorities ramp up checks on Chinese visitors arriving for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Miracle survivor on mission to buoy up tsunami warning system
Reuters, Published on 22/12/2019
» BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Arif Munandar had been pronounced dead before he woke up in a body bag four days after a monstrous wave swept his village in Indonesia's northern Aceh province 15 years ago.