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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 21/07/2026

Congrats to our very own @crystalcchow.bsky.social, who has been named a 2026 Ocean Nexus @uprootproject.bsky.social International Fellow! An award-winning independent bilingual journalist from Hong Kong, Crystal will be reporting on Southeast Asian mangrove ecosystems and shipworm foodways.

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HOME/ PEOPLE Crystal ChowJournalist Fellow Crystal Chow is an award-winning independent bilingual journalist from Hong Kong, primarily covering climate change, global health, and culture across Asi…

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Crystal Chow @crystalcchow.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

In vain I tried to reach for a word to describe this feeling; the sorrow of having to relegate your earliest conviction and old friends to anecdotes you now (in)conveniently call "past lives". Memories you no longer feel safe to honour aloud. [1/3]

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 24/11/2025

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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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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Longreads @longreads.com · 17/11/2025

"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...

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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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Crystal Chow @crystalcchow.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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...

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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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