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Thailand

Raking The Waters

In 2015, an infamously-scofflaw fleet of more than 70 bottom trawlers from Thailand fished in the Saya De Malha Bank, a submerged plateau the size...

Text: Ian Urbina, Maya Martin, Joe Galvin, Susan Ryan, and Austin Brush - Editors at The Outlaw Ocean Project.

International

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PERSONAL: Memories of the Tsunamin

On Christmas Day 2004, our reporter and underwater film-maker Tobias Dahlin was with his family in Khao Lak, Thailand. This is his personal account of...

Text: Tobias Dahlin

Private Photos: Tobias Dahlin

Chronicles

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Coral Reefs in Thailand are Yellowing and Dying

The calm turquoise waters along Thailand's coast can look idyllic. But beneath the surface lurks a treacherous disease that is spreading and killing vital coral...

Text: Helena Nordenberg/TT

Graphics: Anna-Lena Lindqvist/TT

Photo: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/TT

Climate and Environment

pollution Corals Thailand

Fishermen after the oil spill: want healthy seas

Fishermen risk being left without income and with damaged fish stocks after the oil leak that occurred near the coast of rayong province in eastern...

Text: TT

Photo: Nava Sangthong/AP/TT

International

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Major oil spill discovered in Thailand

Between 20 and 50 tons of crude oil have ended up in the ocean since a pipeline began leaking about two miles from popular beaches...

Text: TT

Photo: Royal Thai Navy/AP/TT

International

Thailand Oil leakage