GEORGE TOWN: Just five days of continuous hot weather is enough for corals to start bleaching and with their eventual death comes a chain reaction that eventually leads to fishermen returning with near-empty nets, says a marine biologist.
And the temperature rise can be as little as 1°C, said Universiti Sains Malaysia Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies director Prof Datuk Dr Aileen Tan.
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