According to local authorities, plankton blooms happen once or twice a year and typically last two to three days.
Thon Thamrongnawasawat, deputy dean of the Faculty of Fisheries at Kasetsart University, attributed the fish deaths on Thursday to the bloom - a natural occurrence that lowers oxygen levels in the water and causes fish to suffocate.
"Various natural phenomena, such as coral bleaching or plankton bloom, have naturally occurred for thousands to tens of thousands of years. However, when global warming occurs, it intensifies and increases the frequency of existing phenomena," he said. According to local authorities, plankton bloom happen one or two times a year and typically last two to three days.Worldwide, marine heatwaves have become a growing concern this year, with thousands of dead fish washing up on beaches in Texas and experts warning of algal blooms along the British coast as a result of rising sea temperatures.
Global sea surface temperatures for April and May were the highest on record for those months, according to the British Met Office. "Whether it's Australia and places like the Great Barrier Reef or even places around England which are experiencing quite bad marine heatwaves at the moment, it's really going to be detrimental to those local ecosystems," said Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, a climate scientist with the University of New South Wales in Australia. - Reuters
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