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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Richard Luscombe

Bull sharks thriving off Alabama despite rising sea temperatures, study says

Big shark with white belly, curved mouth, gray top.
A bull shark in Fiji seen in 2016. Photograph: Tom Vierus/livingdreams.tv

Numbers of bull sharks, one of the largest and most aggressive ocean-dwelling predators, are thriving even as rising sea temperatures kill off other marine species, a study says.

Researchers at Mississippi State University (MSU) found that the number of individual sharks, all juveniles, recorded per hour in Mobile Bay was five times higher in 2020 than at the start of the study period in 2003.

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