One giant clam contains a month‑by‑month diary of the Great Barrier Reef’s climate 200 years ago

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- When you swim through the azure waters of the Great Barrier Reef, there is one creature on the seafloor that's almost impossible to miss: the giant clam. Its huge, fluted shell frames a soft mantle shimmering with electric blue, green and gold.