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Mussels May Help Delay Visit To The Dentist's Chair
2017-08-30 06:09:49| Chemical Processing
Researchers develop durable dental composite inspired by the way mussels stick to surfaces.
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Mussels on the Move
2016-07-22 21:04:25| PortlandOnline
2,000 native creatures moved out of the Crystal Springs construction zone
Ocean acidification will make it hard for mussels to hang on experiments suggest
2016-07-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC.ca: For a seafood lover, the strong, stretchy threads that mussels use to cling to rocks are a nuisance to be discarded. But for the mussel, they're a lifeline necessary to cling to its home and new research shows they're vulnerable to the climate change double-whammy of warmer and more acidic waters. Penn Cove mussel farmer A mussel farmer at Penn Cove Shellfish on Whidbey Island in Washington State shows a rope with mussels growing on it, along with algae. (Emily Carrington) "It is concerning,"...
Mussels off the menu within 85 years due to climate change
2016-07-06 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Moules-frites and moules mariniere will be largely consigned to the pages of culinary history by the end of the century, scientists have predicted. The increasing acidity of the oceans due to climate change means that farming or fishing for mussels will be commercially unviable by 2100. Researchers at Washington University in Seattle have established that a mussel's ability to grip to a rock or rope is dependent on the acidity of the surrounding sea. The molluscs have to cling in place for...
Acid attack: Can mussels hang on for much longer?
2016-07-06 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Scientists from The University of Washington have found evidence that ocean acidification caused by carbon emissions can prevent mussels attaching themselves to rocks and other substrates, making them easy targets for predators and threatening the mussel farming industry. "A strong attachment is literally a mussel's lifeline" says Professor Emily Carrington, one of the lead researchers. Mussels attach themselves to hard surfaces so that they can filter plankton from seawater for food. They generally...