{"id":117888,"date":"2023-08-26T20:55:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T20:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=117888"},"modified":"2023-08-26T20:55:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T20:55:31","slug":"barnacles-hold-the-key-to-what-happened-to-missing-mh370-jet-experts-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/barnacles-hold-the-key-to-what-happened-to-missing-mh370-jet-experts-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnacles hold the key to what happened to missing MH370 jet, experts claim"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    The mysterious disappearance of MH370 almost a decade ago could be solved by barnacles as scientists begin tracing ocean temperatures.<\/p>\n

    Malaysian Airways flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014, and extensive searches for the missing jet proved unfruitful, with just a few bits of debris found so far.<\/p>\n

    But fresh hope was kindled by scientists focusing on barnacle shells which could lead to discovering the crash site, charting the temperatures and reconstructing the drift path.<\/p>\n

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    Doing so comes after a six-month private search in 2018 which failed to reveal further traces of the flight, as parts of the wreckage washed up onto an Indian Ocean island.<\/p>\n

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    No other signs were found but University of South Florida researchers are hopeful their new plan of tracking barnacles could prove fruitful.<\/p>\n

    Only partially reconstructed drift paths were created from the shells, but the results indicate it could be applied fully and used to find the plane. <\/p>\n

    Associate Professor Gregory Herbert, who says he got the idea from looking at plane debris washing ashore on Reunion Island, is hopeful of the geochemistry involved in their new search.<\/p>\n

    He said: "The flaperon was covered in barnacles and as soon as I saw that, I immediately began sending emails to the search investigators because I knew the geochemistry of their shells could provide clues to the crash location."<\/p>\n

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