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Mahasweta Saha, Marine Chemical Ecologist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory

How climate change is causing a communication breakdown in the animal world

Damselfish are finding it harder to detect predators. Vojce / shutterstock

What do the following changes have in common?

Some ant species are struggling to follow trails, as warming temperatures cause a certain pheromone they use to communicate to decay. The water fleas Daphnia are finding it harder to evade predators as CO₂ levels rise in the water. And in coral reefs, the colourful and pretty damselfish are losing their ability to learn who their predators are.

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