Discovery News: Carbon Dioxide Affecting Fish Brains


Key receptors in the brains of fish — like this puffer fish — can be impaired by rising levels of carbon dioxide in the world's oceans.
Photo Credit: Ian O'Neill  

Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous systems of sea fish, with serious consequences for their survival, according to new research.

Carbon dioxide concentrations predicted to occur in the ocean by the end of this century will interfere with fishes' ability to hear, smell, turn and evade predators, the research found.

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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 2/5/2012 7:00 AM
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