Reef Blog
Mining to blame for islands to sink beneath waves
By Sivaramakrishnan Parameswaran BBC Tamil Service
Turtles are among the animals making use of the gulf's plentiful food and shelter
Two small islands in South Asia's first marine biosphere reserve have sunk into the sea primarily as a result of coral reef mining, experts say. The islets were in a group in the Gulf of Mannar, between India and Sri Lanka. The