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Clams That Live For 500 Years Just Tipped Off Scientists That Atlantic Ocean Currents May Be Approaching A “Tipping Point”

Clams That Live For 500 Years Just Tipped Off Scientists That Atlantic Ocean Currents May Be Approaching A “Tipping Point”

How can we predict the future? A good way is to look into the past, and who better to ask than one of Earth’s longest-living animals: the quahog clam. These modest mollusks don’t look like much, but their shells tell a staggering story as they store a record of the environmental conditions across their lifespan. For quahog clams, that can …

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