Warming oceans may force New Zealand's sperm and blue whales to shift to cooler southern waters
- Written by Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University

The world’s oceans are absorbing more than 90% of the excess heat and energy generated by rising greenhouse gas emissions.
But, as the oceans keep warming, rising sea temperatures generate unprecedented cascading effects that include the melting of polar ice, rising seas, marine heatwaves and ocean acidification.
This in turn...