A new UK study shows that warmer temperatures are reducing the size of aquatic animals more than their land-dwelling counterparts. Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Liverpool have compared the adult sizes of 169 terrestrial, marine and freshwater species and have concluded that aquatic animals shrink 10 times more than the terrestrial ones.
The study, which is published at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the largest of its kind. The shrinking sizes could affect aquatic food ecosystems as well as food production.
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