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Tiger sharks sighted off Cape Cod as warming seas shift marine habitats

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Two brothers fishing off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, caught a juvenile tiger shark, a species typically found in warmer, southern waters. Scientists attribute this unusual sighting to rising ocean temperatures caused by climate change, suggesting the Atlantic Ocean off New England is becoming more hospitable to tropical species. This event aligns with a broader trend of marine life, including other shark species like great whites, moving northward as global seas warm. AI

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Tiger sharks sighted off Cape Cod as warming seas shift marine habitats

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press ·

    Climate change is making Cape Cod a Tiger Shark habitat

    “Maybe they are coming up here because conditions are right. There's food, there's warm waters."

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