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jmetaB0387ceee549cfc8d6492a284ac12a4b2484602e3b7369395b8e9cd813da87dc59d@9faad615f6ea5fdee9d594dc657f354f1c749cbdf67d9b9233f02f2ca24bc02arss.itemmetarss.netMË<item><link>https://www.semafor.com/article/07/22/2024/bull-sharks-thrive-warming-water</link><guid>https://www.semafor.com/article/07/22/2024/bull-sharks-thrive-warming-water</guid><category>news</category><description>Many species struggle to adapt to climate change, but bull sharks are famously resilient.</description><title>Bull sharks are thriving in warming water</title><dc:creator>Tom Chivers</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:41:20 -0400</pubDate><enclosure url="https://img.semafor.com/ad4d6cdad3a81f6acef4d752a3b0d4e07cad2c99-1280x948.png" length="1473940" type="image/png"/><media:thumbnail url="https://img.semafor.com/ad4d6cdad3a81f6acef4d752a3b0d4e07cad2c99-1280x948.png"/><media:credit>Albert Kok/Wikimedia Commons</media:credit><content:encoded> <![CDATA[ <section><h3>The News</h3><p>Juvenile bull sharks are thriving in the warming waters of Texas and Alabama’s estuaries.</p><p>Many species struggle to adapt to climate change, but bull sharks are famously resilient — they can survive in fresh water, unlike most sharks, and have been found as far inland as Illinois.</p><p>Their numbers have increased in the last 40 years in the US Southwest, and researchers detected <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-07-baby-bull-sharks-texas-alabama.html">a fivefold rise in sightings of baby sharks</a> in Mobile Bay, Alabama, and several Texas rivers.</p><h3>Know More</h3><p>Adult bulls, named for their stocky build, can be aggressive, but juveniles are no threat to humans, and seem to use the estuaries as protection from bigger predators.</p><p>Other fish species have declined, but for bull sharks, so far, it’s “the warmer the better,” one researcher said.</p></section> ]]> </content:encoded></item>