Scientists open 40-year-old salmon and find a surprising sign of ocean recovery

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Alaska's waters support one of the world's most important salmon fisheries, sustained by complex marine food webs. Scientists are eager to understand how these systems are changing as the climate shifts. The challenge is that reliable samples from decades ago are hard to find.

"We have to really open our minds and get creative about what can act as an ecological data source," said Natalie Mastick, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Peabody Museum of Na...

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