Boiling not warming': Marine life suffers as Thai sea temperatures hit record

[Starmix]

TRAT, Thailand, May 23 (Reuters) - Aquatic life from coral reefs to fish along Thailand's eastern gulf coast is suffering as sea surface temperatures hit record highs this month amid a regional heatwave worrying scientists and local communities. The once vibrant and colorful corals, about five meters (16 feet) underwater, have turned white in a phenomenon known as coral bleaching, a sign that their health was deteriorating, due to higher water temperatures, scientists say. It was learned that divers cannot anymore find lovely corals, all of them turned bleached due to the high heat temperature as if they were cooked. They cannot find corals.