Prolonged heatwave affects marine life too, hurting fishermen’s livelihood

Fresh from the sea: A seller arranging shellfish at Cecil Street Market in Penang. The hot weather conditions there haven’t affected the catch of the day so far. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Even the sea cannot escape the heatwave – and when the water surface exceeds 30°C for a long period, the biological chain reaction ultimately affects humans.

Information on heatwaves affecting land is well known, but marine heatwaves go largely unreported.