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Great white sharks are overheating
Researchers say mesothermic predators use nearly 4 times more energy than cold-blooded fish, leaving them with less room to cope as seas warm.
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Great white sharks may be 'cooked alive' by warming oceans
A male great white shark surrounded by mackerel in the seas off Mexico (Picture: Terry Goss/Cover Media) Some of the world’s most formidable predators – including the great white shark – face being cooked alive as seas heat up due to global warming. This allows for faster swimming, long-distance migration, and more effective hunting – but it does come at a cost. Now scientists have found that these warm-blooded fish use nearly four times more en…
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National ObserverGreat white sharks are overheating
A great white shark wanting to be friends. (Photo courtesy Florida International University) This article originally appeared in Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. 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 warm…
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