Fidelis E. Satriastanti
Source: The Jakarta Globe
August 25, 2010

Jakarta, Indonesia - Coral bleaching, which was found to have occurred at an alarming rate in waters off Aceh, is happening throughout the archipelago, an environmentalist group says.

"Almost all parts of Indonesia are seeing coral bleaching as a result of sea water movements in September 2009 that raised the temperature of the sea surface," said Anton Wijonarno, marine program monitoring coordinator at WWF Indonesia.

"The peak was in February and March, which were also Indonesia's hottest months."

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