Climate change puts coastal crabs in survival mode, study finds

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Intertidal zone crabs can adapt to a warming climate, but will not have energy for much else besides basic survival, researchers have learned. In the first study to look at the combined effects of varying temperatures and ocean acidity levels on porcelain crabs, researchers found that as temperature rises and pH drops, the crabs' thermal tolerance increases but their metabolism slows....
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