Shark Week advisory as warming seas push blacktips farther north along East Coast

As Shark Week puts the spotlight on ocean predators, researchers say blacktip sharks are spending more time farther north along the East Coast, expanding their summer range into areas where beachgoers historically encountered them less often.Researchers at Florida Atlantic University say warming ocean temperatures are reshaping the sharks' annual migration, allowing them to travel farther north before returning south for the winter, according to FOX 35 Orlando.For more than a decade, researchers have tracked blacktip sharks along the East Coast using aerial surveys and satellite tags. Their data shows the sharks travel north each spring, with many reaching as far as Long Island, New York, by late summer, the outlet reported.SHARK SIGHTINGS SPIKE NEAR AMERICA'S BEACHES AS JULY 4 CROWDS HEAD TO SHORE FOR WEEKENDAs waters continue to warm, researchers expect the sharks to push even farther north while spending less time in South Florida during the winter."They are just like us.