Do hurricanes repel large sharks?
University of Miami study shows what happened after Irma and Matthew
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A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science tracked large sharks in Miami and The Bahamas to understand how these migratory animals respond to major storms, like hurricanes.
We now know what happens when large sharks clash with major hurricanes thanks to a new paper released by the University of Miami.
When Hurricane Matthew spun up the east coast of Florida in 2016 scientists were tracking sharks swimming below to see how they responded to the storms. Tiger sharks didn’t seem to mind a storm’s fury while many other species stayed clear.
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Source: The Conversation â UK â By James Dyke, Senior Lecturer in Global Systems, University of Exeter
This episode of The Conversationâs In Depth Out Loud podcast features prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, rounding on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to âgreenwashâ their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
You can read the text version of this in-depth article here. The audio version is read by Les Smith in partnership with Noa, News Over Audio. You can listen to more articles from The Conversation, for free, on the Noa app.
James Dyke, Senior Lecturer in Global Systems at the University of Exeter, Robert Watson, Emeritus Professor in Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia and Wolfgang Knorr, Senior Research Scientist in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science at Lund University, write about the obvious dangers of the concept of net zero.
Sphyrna mokarran) before, during, and after Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Irma in 2017.
Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your feelings towards low-budget sci-fi movies), sharks encountering severe weather do not band together to form a
Sharknado. What actually happens when you combine sharks and storms is dependent on the species and location you are investigating. Bull sharks, great hammerheads, and the majority of tagged nurse sharks demonstrated that they weren’t so keen on Hurricane Irma, fleeing the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay as she made ground. The move is perhaps a logical one, considering deeper waters will be less disturbed by all the drama, and potentially helped along by their ability to orientate themselves with the geomagnetic field.