Fish species such as herring and sardines will become extinct in the coming years.

New research shows that several species of commercial fish, including anchovy, herring and sardines,

is facing imminent extinction due to climate change.  The scientists published their findings in the journal Nature Climate Change.

Since the water temperature in the world's oceansrising faster than ever, fish quickly degrade and die in the struggle for survival. The authors of the study note that the situation is dangerous not only for fish populations, but also for humans. The problem of climate change will also worsen the food crisis - the commercial species that people are used to eating will become rare or even die out in the coming decades, scientists explain.

=Warming waters are a double whammy for fish as they not only force them to evolve to smaller sizes, but also reduce their ability to move to more suitable environments.

Professor Chris Venditti, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Reading and co-author of the study,

In a study conducted by Chilean andBritish scientists used statistical analysis of a large data set of globally distributed fish species to study their evolution over the last 150 million years. B

The main attention was paid toClupeiforms are a very diverse group of fish found throughout the world. It includes important fisheries species such as anchovies, Atlantic herring, Japanese sardines, Pacific herring and South American sardines. However, the results have implications for all species.

Until now, fish have only had to deal withthe highest average ocean temperature rise of about 0.8 ° C per millennium. This is much lower than the current rate of warming of 0.18 ° C in the decade since 1981.

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