The paper, published in PNAS, demonstrates how this model can act as a "crystal ball" into the future of ecosystems—providing enough lead time to intervene before there's nothing left to save.

Marine ecosystem models give us insight into how these changes could impact larger animals and societal services such as fisheries,” said Dr Heneghan.

This ecosystem may have adapted to climate change in some ways, but it will need to change in many more ways to survive rising temperatures. “We knew from the satellites that there was a big ...