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Habitat of the desert rainbowfish is predicted to shrink due to climate change. Photo by Gunther Schmida
July 16, 2020
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As the global climate shifts, it’s important to know which species have adaptations to survive. Our research published today in PNAS found it largely depends on where they evolved. We looked at the capacity of life to respond to future climates in three different regions: temperate and subtropical regions, and in deserts. We did this by studying rainbowfishes from Australia.

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