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From: "Andy M Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>

>
> >Sorry I wasn't allowed to come, :-( sounds like it was a great trip...
How
> >were the reefs?  I heard there has been a nasty attack of bleaching in
the
> >southern RS this summer.
> Bleaching ? I didn't see any, but then again I wasn't in the southern Red
> Sea :-) What I saw was incredibly colourful.
> Cheers...........
>
> Andy Johnson


Does anybody know "why" the coral has been bleached? I recently heard the
coral was bleached in much of the Pacific too, but didn't get a reason for
it. Is it water temps rising because of El Nino, or what?

It's getting cold here now, and I'm in need of some www diving!!! ...At
least I get to read about other people's fun in paradise. :-)   Thanks for
the dive reports.!


Brad, (who is about 300 e-mails behind)