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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦪🌡️ A #Stanford led study explains why #clams and #snails dominate modern shorelines while #brachiopods barely survived the #GreatDying.
Researchers measured #oxygen consumption in living #animals to show that slower metabolisms could not cope with warming, oxygen depleted waters 252 million years ago. The authors warn that today’s warming #oceans could trigger a similar ecological shift.
👉 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260711010122.htm
#permiantriassic #massextinction #climatechange #marinebiology #science #paleontology #evolution #metabolism #oceanwarming #mollusks #earthscience #adaptation