Shell thickness of Nucella lapillus in the North Sea increased over the last 130 years despite ocean acidification | Communications Earth & Environment - Nature.com


7/9/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago

Marine gastropod shells have thickened over the past 130 years on the southern North Sea coast as local environmental conditions counteracted global ocean acidification, suggest analyses of a 130-year record of dog whelk morphology.

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