Imagine you are snorkelling the fringing coral reefs in the Andaman Sea in 1993. Fish are abundant, corals are dense and vibrant, and your chances of spotting a leopard shark are excellent. Little do you know that the reefs beneath you will be impacted by the world’s first global coral bleaching event in 1998, followed by two more in 2010 and 2016. You’ll only find out much later that some areas will lose 80 percent of their coral.
THE EVER-CHANGING UNDERWATER WORLD
In 2004, a tsunami devastated the same area. You cannot comprehend the rapid growth of global mass tourism or the changes in landscape and pollution that coastal tourism will bring. If you were to return 30 years later, the reef may be
