“Climate change has already caused more than 12,000 species to shift their homes across land, freshwater and the sea,” says the University of Adelaide’s Dr Chloe Hayes, who has published a study on the new approach.
“Climate change has already caused more than 12,000 species to shift their homes across land, freshwater and the sea,” says the University of Adelaide’s Dr Chloe Hayes, who has published a study on the new approach.
“In the ocean, we have seen some tropical fish move into temperate reefs to seek cooler waters, particularly along the east coast of Australia, which is considered one of the fastest warming marine regions on Earth.”
Study co-author Professor David Booth, from the University of Technology Sydney, says the migrations are already evident.
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A school of Australian Mado in a temperate kelp forest in Narooma, New South Wales. (Photo Credit: Chloe Hayes)
