Filipino scientist Fernando Siringan attributes the damage mainly to 'anomalous warming' of the waters in the West Philippine Sea in the past weeks
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Anticamara, a scientist at the Institute of Biology of the University of the Philippines, said the extent of coral damage in Escoda Shoal is tantamount to an “ecological disaster.” The marine biologist said that if they were given more time to survey more areas, they would have just seen more dead corals in the shallow waters of the shoal.
He explained that the warming is not an isolated case. Warmer temperatures in the waters also affect the Tubbataha Reef “and cut across outside of the West Philippine Sea, towards the west side of the basin.” SURVEY. Scientists conducted a two-day marine scientific expedition in June 2024 to check the health of coral reefs, as well as Chinese researchers’ activities in the area. Photo by Jonathan Anticamara
“We also looked at the monitored data of Chinese activity at kung ano ‘yung impressions namin sa pwedeng ginagawa ng mga Chinese researchers doon sa area,”These findings come after an expedition in thelast March, led by Anticamara too, where the scientist concluded that damage had been done for several years already.
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