Biomineralized composites, which are usually composed of microscopic mineral building
blocks organized in 3D intercrystalline organic matrices, have evolved unique structural …

Over the past decade, sclerochronological research has continued to develop rapidly and is
diversifying with respect to methods, taxa, geographic coverage as well as temporal depth …

Paleoclimate research has built a framework for Earth's climate changes over the past 65
million years or even longer. However, our knowledge of weather-timescale extreme events …

Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) constitutes an extremely sensitive technique for
imaging surfaces in 2D and 3D. Apart from its excellent sensitivity and high lateral resolution …

Abstract A “once-in-a-millennium” super rainstorm battered Zhengzhou, central China, from
07/17/2021 to 07/22/2021 (named “7.20” Zhengzhou rainstorm). It killed 398 people and …

This study presents subdaily resolved chemical records through fossil mollusk shell calcite.
Trace element profiles resolve periodic variability across~ 40‐μm‐thin daily growth laminae …

High-resolution δ18O and Sr/Ca ratio profiles of a modern (live-caught) and a fossil (dead-
collected) giant bivalve shell (Tridacna gigas) from northern South China Sea were …

Tropical cyclones (TC) are one of the most destructive weather phenomena on Earth.
However, the short duration of instrumental weather records mean that little is known of the …

Tropical giant clams of the subfamily Tridacninae, including the species Tridacna maxima,
are unique among bivalves as they live in a symbiotic relationship with unicellular algae and …

Giant clams can grow to large sizes despite living in oligotrophic waters of the tropical Indo-
Pacific as they maintain a mutualistic relationship with symbiotic dinoflagellates …