Simon Pierce - simonjpierce.comThe idea for this project arose from the co-authors having discussions about how much energy (food) large sharks and rays need on a day-to-day basis to survive. “Past mass extinctions killed off the largest sharks, like the now-infamous Megalodon, and other large cold-blooded animals – now similar conditions to these mass extinctions are predicted with current climate change models, said Lawson. While whales need to regularly come to the surface to breathe, sharks do not, making them extremely difficult to study. For example, we need to understand responses to climate change by animals in ecosystems. Moving is a common response to climate change, but are they able to move to areas with food and oxygen?

Source: Forbes October 15, 2019 03:11 UTC