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Scientists have used 500-year-old clam shells to identify signs of destabilization in Atlantic Ocean currents, indicating a potential approaching 'tipping point' that could significantly impact global climate, with melting polar ice and climate change contributing to this destabilization.
Biophysicist Dakota McCoy and her team have discovered that the heart cockle clam, Corculum cardissa, has shell structures that function like fiber optic cables, allowing beneficial sunlight to penetrate and sustain algae living inside. This natural phenomenon, reminiscent of stained glass windows, was detailed in a recent Nature Communications paper, highlighting the clam's unique adaptation long before human engineering achieved similar results.
A mother was initially fined $88,000 after her children mistakenly collected 72 clams, thinking they were seashells, at Pismo Beach, California. The fine was later reduced to $500 by a judge after she explained the mistake.