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Genetic evidence reveals a long, previously unknown period of adaptation to cold climates in the history of ancient human migrations across the globe.
Assuming that natural selection shapes all animal and plant traits is a false impression. Natural selection is a mindless process.
Can we breed kelp and other keystone species to survive warming and marine heatwaves? These techniques have promise – but they’re not a silver bullet.
Attirées par la remontée des eaux froides de l’océan indien, les sardines de l’Afrique du Sud restent piégées dans ces mêmes eaux une fois qu’elles redeviennent chaudes.
Sardines from the cold waters off South Africa’s Atlantic coast are attracted to cold water upwelling in the Indian Ocean. When the upwelling ends, they are trapped in water that is too warm for them.
Corals in the Persian Gulf are tough - they can withstand temperatures that would kill corals elsewhere. And there’s good news: it’s easy to cross-breed their heat-tolerance genes into other corals.
Top contributors
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Biodiversity Genomics, Flinders University
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Professor of Marine Genomics, University of Johannesburg
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Honorary Research Associate, University of Cape Town
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Distinguished Professor, Rhodes University
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Senior Research Fellow in Marine Biology, Southern Cross University
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Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria
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Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Research fellow and lecturer, University of Tasmania
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Chair professor, Garvan Institute
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Staff Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Professor of Population and Evolutionary Genomics, UCL
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Group Leader, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, Adelaide University
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Scientist, UCL Genetics Institute, UCL
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Lecturer, National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University
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Emeritus Professor, University of Pretoria