Climate change may be coming for some sharks, new research suggests.
The findings still indicate that these sharks can continue to thrive under less disastrous climate conditions.
These scenarios were distinguished by the temperature and pH of the water that the eggs were kept in.
An unspecified photo of a small-spotted catshark taken in 2003Photo: DeAgostini (Getty Images)
The latter variable is especially important because increasing ocean acidification is one of themajor complicationsof rising carbon dioxide emissions.
This is only one study from a single team, so more research is needed to verify their findings.
The hatching success of embryos is a crucial factor for population dynamics.
One of the catshark embryos that the researchers monitored during their study, growing inside its egg.Photo: Noémie Coulon
So the teams overall results could be taken as somewhat reassuring, the researchers say.
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