A new study led by researchers at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Climate Risk Lab has revealed that climate change will continue to create opportunities for thousands of marine species to colonise new habitats, even if the world continues to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The study’s title is “Temporal dynamics of climate change…
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