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Warming Antarctic waters come with a cost for the 'robust' rockcod
- February 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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About 10 million years ago, Antarctica's Southern Ocean started to get so cold that it scared away most fish in the region. Among the fish that stayed were what are now known as black rockcod, part of a famously sturdy family of Antarctic fish. But the black rockcod's future could also now be in jeopardy as Southern Ocean temperatures are projected to shift in the opposite direction due to climate change.
Originally published at Phys.org