1.0Keynotes@HKUhttps://www.keynotes.hku.hk/tcrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Pqw1SrmeOt"><a href="https://www.keynotes.hku.hk/tc/story/climate-change-puts-oysters-in-danger/">氣候變化令牡蠣「性別失衡」——雄性數量銳減，或致滅絕風險</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.keynotes.hku.hk/tc/story/climate-change-puts-oysters-in-danger/embed/#?secret=Pqw1SrmeOt" width="600" height="338" title="Climate Change Puts Oysters in Danger – by Taking the Males out of the Game — Keynotes@HKU" data-secret="Pqw1SrmeOt" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.keynotes.hku.hk/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>https://www.keynotes.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Sep2025_Story5_pic1.jpg19201080There soon may be far fewer males around. At least in the oceans. One of the consequences of global climate change is ocean acidification. HKU postdoctoral researcher Dr Xin Dang, who works in Integrative Biology and Evolutionary Ecology Research Lab (iBEERLab) at the School of Biological Sciences and the Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS), […]