Antarctic octopus sounds a warning over sea-level rise

A black and white image of an octopus. The DNA of this octopus revealed past sea-level change.
Pareledone turqueti. Photo source Wikimedia Commons.

Veronika Meduna explores the significance of research into Turquet’s octopus for sea-level rise. Read the full story in New Zealand Geographic here.

“It’s concerning because once the temperature threshold is crossed, the process of melting will carry on for centuries into the future,” says Tim Naish, an earth scientist at Victoria University of Wellington’s Antarctic Research Centre who contributed to the study.