Marine life moving away from equator in response to climate change, finds study As predicted by climate warming, the number of species has decreased at the equator and increased in the sub-tropics since the 1950s. Share Via Email | A+A A- By Express News Service NEW DELHI: A new study shows for the first time at a global scale and across all kinds of species that marine life has been changing its distribution away from the equator in direct response to climate change. As predicted by climate warming, the number of species has decreased at the equator and increased in the sub-tropics since the 1950s.