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Baby sharks grow faster but smaller in warming oceans, struggle to survive, study claims Firstpost 11-03-2021 The Associated Press © Provided by Firstpost Baby sharks grow faster but smaller in warming oceans, struggle to survive, study claims The warming of worldwide oceans from climate change means baby sharks are at risk of being born smaller and without the energy they need to survive, a group of scientists has found. The scientists, who conducted the work in connection with the New England Aquarium, studied epaulette sharks, which live off Australia and New Guinea. T...

Warmer conditions seem to speed up the sharks' growing process, and that means they hatch earlier and are born exhausted.

Warming oceans mean smaller baby sharks struggle to survive PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5In this February 2019 photo provided by the New England Aquarium, scientist Carolyn Wheeler holds a baby epaulette shark in Quincy, Mass. Scientists have found the baby sharks are less likely to survive to maturity in warming ocean waters. (New England Aquarium/Emily Moothart via AP)Emily Moothart/APShow MoreShow Less 2of5In this February 2019 photo provided by the New England Aquarium, scientist Carolyn Wheeler holds a baby epaulette shark, in Quincy, Mass. Sc...

Credit: E.Moothart A new study conducted at the New England Aquarium finds that as climate change causes the ocean to warm, baby sharks are born smaller, exhausted, undernourished, and into environments that are already difficult for them to survive in. In a recently published paper in the journal Scientific Reports, lead author Carolyn Wheeler, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Massachusetts Boston and at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University, examined the effects of increased temperatures on the growth, development and physiological performance o...

Scientific Reports suggests that baby sharks of the epaulette species are particularly vulnerable, often being born undernourished. Epaulette sharks are found in the Great Barrer Reef and in the tropical waters off Australia and New Guinea. This egg-laying species became of interest to lead author Carolyn Wheeler, who wanted a model species that could be used to investigate other egg-laying species. Wheeler’s supervisor, Dr. John Mandelman, Vice President and Chief Scientist of the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium, commented: "The ocean faces increasing threa...