A Tiny Yet Vital Organism May Adapt to Climate Change With ‘Hidden Costs’

A recent study shows that the tiny copepod crustacean is the ocean’s equivalent of a canary in a coal mine. New research demonstrates that these “cows of the sea” may be able to evolve to adapt to climate change — but it could come at the cost of their resiliency, a recent Nature Communications study suggests. Most importantly, any changes in their health send ripples across the food chain. 

How the Copepod Copes