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As the climate crisis, food scarcity, and health threats intensify globally, shipworms may become our unlikely ally — offering not only healing and nourishment, but unseen insight into their ecological habitat and lessons in adaptation to a changing environment, writes @crystalcchow.bsky.social.
A Clammy Glimpse Into The Philippines’ Climate, Culinary, And Medical Future
Earlier this year, I embarked on a probing trip to a small coastal area in Southeast Asia to see what this ancient wood-eater could offer us: about resilience, and the many ways life endures, adapts,…
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November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
As the climate crisis, food scarcity, and health threats intensify globally, shipworms may become our unlikely ally — offering not only healing and nourishment, but unseen insight into their ecological habitat and lessons in adaptation to a changing environment, writes @crystalcchow.bsky.social.
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"The shipworms are many things at once. They have carried different names — from maritime menace to indigenous delicacy to scientific marvel — yet none alone captures their multitude."
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Are These Clams Key to Climate Adaptation? - The Contrapuntal
Shipworms are touted as tomorrow’s superfood and miracle medicine. But the story of these tiny molluscs illustrates an intricate ecological complexity that flashy green solutions often ignore.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"The shipworms are many things at once. They have carried different names — from maritime menace to indigenous delicacy to scientific marvel — yet none alone captures their multitude."
@crystalcchow.bsky.social for The Contrapuntal: thecontrapuntal.com/are-these-cl...
@crystalcchow.bsky.social for The Contrapuntal: thecontrapuntal.com/are-these-cl...
My new feature story, which follows a team of scientists in 🇵🇭 through mangroves & rivers to learn about shipworms: strange, wood-eating molluscs (not worms!) that might help us understand how life endures, adapts & sustains others as the seas rise. /🧵
thecontrapuntal.com/are-these-cl...
thecontrapuntal.com/are-these-cl...
Are These Clams Key to Climate Adaptation? - The Contrapuntal
Shipworms are touted as tomorrow’s superfood and miracle medicine. But the story of these tiny molluscs illustrates an intricate ecological complexity that flashy green solutions often ignore.
thecontrapuntal.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My new feature story, which follows a team of scientists in 🇵🇭 through mangroves & rivers to learn about shipworms: strange, wood-eating molluscs (not worms!) that might help us understand how life endures, adapts & sustains others as the seas rise. /🧵
thecontrapuntal.com/are-these-cl...
thecontrapuntal.com/are-these-cl...
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Fascinated by the different stock pictures of dogs that various outlets have gone for to illustrate this story.
March 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Fascinated by the different stock pictures of dogs that various outlets have gone for to illustrate this story.