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Some clownfish are shrinking, according to new study. Here's why
Clownfish in Papua New Guinea are temporarily shrinking in response to heat stress caused by climate change, a new study ...
Nemo is getting smaller: Scientists explain why clownfish are shrinking
A recent study points to evidence that clownfish are in fact shrinking due to human-provoked temperature changes in the water ...
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Finding survival: clownfish shrink as seas warm
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Clownfish Shrink Down Their Bodies to Survive Ocean Heat Waves, New Study Suggests
A new study reveals that clownfish use a surprising strategy to adapt their bodies to ocean heat waves: They shrink.
As oceans warm, clownfish shrink their bodies to survive heat waves
To survive warming oceans, clownfish cope by shrinking in size. Scientists observed that some of the orange-striped fish shrank their bodies during a heat wave off the coast of Papa New Guinea. Fish ...
Why is Nemo, the clownfish shrinking in size
Climate change is no longer a distant threat, it is changing and impacting life in the world’s oceans right now. Among its ...
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Clownfish shrink to survive heat
NEW YORK — To survive warming oceans, clownfish cope by shrinking in size. Scientists observed that some of the orange-striped fish shrank their bodies during a heat wave off the coast of Papa ...
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Some clownfish are shrinking, according to new study. Here's why
Now, scientists have found that the clownfish, the saltwater fish featured in the hit Disney film Finding Nemo, has been observed temporarily shrinking in response to heat stress. Melissa Versteeg ...
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Some clownfish are shrinking, according to new study found. Here's why
Clownfish in Papua New Guinea are temporarily shrinking in response to heat stress caused by climate change, a new study found. Here's how that... Some clownfish are shrinking, according to new ...