Unprecedented Plankton Bloom in Thailand Threatens Local Fisheries
Recently, off the eastern coast of Thailand, an unusually dense plankton bloom has emerged, creating an aquatic "dead zone" that poses a significant threat to the livelihoods of local mussel farmers and marine life.
- Marine scientists have observed that certain areas in the Gulf of Thailand are currently hosting plankton levels more than ten times the normal amount, resulting in the water taking on a vivid green hue and causing harm to marine organisms.
- They note that plankton blooms typically occur once or twice a year and typically last for two to three days, but the current situation is far more severe ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content
Already a Member? Login here
Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Ecology & Environment
- 1 India Submits 7th National Report to Convention on Biological Diversity
- 2 Climate Change Threat to Nilgiri Wood Pigeon
- 3 WMO Report Flags Record Rise in Earth’s Energy Imbalance
- 4 “Black Rain” Reported in Iran Raises Health Concerns
- 5 ‘Extinct’ Marsupials Rediscovered in New Guinea
- 6 Two New Lichen Moth Species Discovered in Himalayas
- 7 Blind Subterranean Fish Species Discovered
- 8 Rare ‘Half Male-Half Female’ Crab Discovered in Western Ghats
- 9 9 New Species Discovered in Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary
- 10 NBA Constitutes Expert Committee on Invasive Alien Species
