Giant Clam Shell Reveals a Monthly Climate Record From the Great Barrier Reef Two Centuries Ago
A new analysis highlighted by Phys.org shows that the shell of a giant clam can preserve a month-by-month record of environmental conditions on the Great Barrier Reef dating back roughly 200 years. The finding offers climate scientists a rare, high-resolution archive of past ocean temperatures and seasonal variability, strengthening efforts to reconstruct how the reef responded to natural climate swings before modern warming intensified.
