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Stony Brook Study Pins Scallop Die-offs to Warming Temperatures, Climate Change

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A bay scallop outfitted with a

A bay scallop outfitted with a "scallop Fitbit" that monitored its heart rate as water warmed and oxygen levels dropped.

Stephen Tomasetti Ph.D., while working on the scallop experiment that Stony Brook University scientists used to show that the massive annual scallop die offs since 2019 are linked to the region's warming waters.

Stephen Tomasetti Ph.D., while working on the scallop experiment that Stony Brook University scientists used to show that the massive annual scallop die offs since 2019 are linked to the region's warming waters.

authorMichael Wright on Jan 25, 2023
Scientists from Stony Brook University say that they have definitively linked the massive die-offs of bay scallops in the Peconic Estuary over the past four years to climate change, and... more

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