Long-standing Indigenous practice of adding shells to sand helps young clams withstand ocean acidification

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New research from the University of California, Davis, reveals why adding crushed shells to beach sand helps protect shell-making animals—such as clams, oysters and mussels—from the detrimental effects of ocean acidification.
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