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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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A photomicrograph of a section of the hinge of an Arctica islandica shell, taken at 20x magnification. These shells helped scientists, including those from WHOI, conclude that rapid Gulf of Maine warming reversed about 900 years of water cooling.

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Image by: Maya Feldberg-Bannatyne.

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