What Happened
The evolutionary edge that fueled great white shark dominance for millions of years could soon become its greatest downfall.
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Why It Matters
The ocean’s most iconic predators maintain warmer body temperatures than the surrounding seawater and are paying an increasingly steep price for it.
Key Details
- As the oceans warm due to climate change, they now face the risk of potentially fatal overheating, according to a new report in Science.
- Several large tuna species and sharks, known as “mesothermic” species for the way their bodies run hot, require more fuel to maintain their temperature and are thus confronting a “double jeopardy” of warming oceans and declining food, mainly from overfishing.
- As water temperatures climb, these species will be forced to relocate to cooler waters.Read full article Comments
Background Context
The evolutionary edge that fueled great white shark dominance for millions of years could soon become its greatest downfall. The ocean’s most iconic predators maintain warmer body temperatures than the surrounding seawater and are paying an increasingly steep price for it. As the oceans warm due to climate change, they now face the risk of potentially fatal overheating, according to a new report in Science. Several large tuna species and sharks, known as “mesothermic” species for the way their bodies run hot, require more fuel to maintain their temperature and are thus confronting a “double jeopardy” of warming oceans and declining food, mainly from overfishing. As water temperatures climb,
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Source: Ars Technica – All content – Original Link
Source: Ars Technica – All content
