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Researchers are reading the rings of clamshells - a practice known as sclerochronology - as a crucial tool in understanding how the characteristics of the Gulf of Maine have changed in the last 1,000 years. Because shifts in temperature and salinity can change the chemistry of calcium carbonate shells, those changes provide links to a broader picture of how the climate has changed in the same time frame. [Source: UMaine Today]
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