Tuesday, 11 August 2015

Fish off Australia's coast dive deep to avoid heat

WATER WORLD
Fish off Australia's coast dive deep to avoid heat
Cairns, Australia (UPI) Aug 7, 2015 - Humans retreat inside and blast the air conditioning when it's hot, but fish don't have such a luxury. New research shows a common predator species off the Australian coast dives deeper to avoid rising water temperatures. Scientists at James Cook University tagged and tracked 60 redthroat emperor fish, plotting their movements and swimming depths for nearly a year. The data point ... more


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