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 10 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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