Study finds fish of Antarctica threatened by climate change
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 15:00
in Earth & Climate
A Yale-led study of the evolutionary history of Antarctic fish and their "anti-freeze" proteins illustrates how tens of millions of years ago a lineage of fish adapted to newly formed polar conditions and how today they are endangered by a rapid rise in ocean temperatures.
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