Marine copepods, microscopic crustaceans critical to ocean food webs, have revealed remarkable resilience to climate change through a groundbreaking study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Scientists tracked these tiny ocean creatures across 25 generations to understand how they adapt to warming waters and increasing acidity. What they discovered offers a glimmer of hope in climate science: copepods use not one but two distinct biological mechanisms to survive changing conditions. “This is a story of molecular hope in the face of a rapidly changing planet,” said Melissa Pespeni, associate professor of biology at the University of … Continue reading Tiny Ocean Creatures Reveal Dual Adaptation Paths to Climate Change After 25 Generations