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Published online 2 July 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.929
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Global warming is forcing North Sea fish to head to greater depths.
An increasing number of species are migrating in response to global warming; some alpine organisms are climbing to higher altitudes, others animals are moving towards the poles.
A new study suggests that as sea temperatures rise, many fish may be electing to move into deeper, cooler waters, rather than moving to higher latitudes as many theorists had previously predicted.
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Interesting news item about North Sea fish. The picture however is not a fish at the bottom of the North Sea, it is a tropical reef (I guess a Nassau Grouper in the Carribean). The North sea has become warmer, but not that much.