Long-forgotten research from the 1940s helped reveal that a mussel bed near Dillon Beach is just as healthy today as it was 80 years ago—even as subtle changes in ocean temperatures have altered the mix of invertebrate species that call it home.
In 2019, scientists at the University of California, Davis, stumbled upon an unpublished, typewritten manuscript in the school’s library written by two graduate students just before the U.S. entered World War II.