Scientists have used the DNA of a small pink octopus to solve a decades-old mystery about climate change, winning Australia’s top science award in the process. A collaboration of experts from James Cook University, CSIRO and the Antarctic Research Centre received the Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research for their groundbreaking work.  Their breakthrough came from studying the humble Turquet’s octopus, a pale pink creature that grows to about 15 centimeters and hunts along the Antarctic seafloor. “They occur all the way around Antarctica, so they’re a circumpolar species,” explains Professor Jan Strugnell, who co-led the research team. … Continue reading Pink Octopus DNA Reveals Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Collapse at 1.5°C Warming, Scientists Warn