Atom by Atom Growth Chart For Shells Helps Decode Climate Change (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Atom by Atom Growth Chart For Shells Helps Decode Climate Change

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Foraminifera are marine organisms whose shells, buried in marine sediments, provide a record of past climate stretching back 200 million years. A new study by UC Davis, University of Washington and Pacific Northwest National Lab applies material science techniques to understand how foraminifera build their shells, and may help improve our understanding of this climate record. Image shows the foraminiferan Orbulina universa.

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Howard Spero, UC Davis.

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