Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...
Learn how researchers use archaeological techniques to show how sea turtle shells grow in layers that capture chemical clues ...
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Sea turtle shells act as a tissue clock for tracking ocean change
Researchers at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School have developed a method to read the chemical layers inside sea turtle shells like a biological stopwatch, reconstructing years of an animal’s ...
Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...
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Hidden Bacteria in Marine Snow May Be Dissolving Ocean Shells — and Disrupting Carbon Storage
Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.
New research suggests oysters may rely on hidden microbes to help build their shells and maintain chemistry as oceans grow ...
In Massachusetts, common blue mussels may not have the star power of Wellfleet oysters or the charisma of quahogs. But like all shellfish they play an important role in marine ecosystems. Mussels are ...
If you hold up a seashell to your ear and listen, you may hear what sounds like rolling waves and wind. But it’s not actually the ocean. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, what exactly is it that ...
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