Africa: Madagascar’s Huge Ocean Algae Bloom Was Caused By Dust From Drought-Stricken Southern Africa
- November 21, 2024
- Environment & Climate
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[The Conversation Africa] Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of nutrient-rich dust landing in the sea, causing ocean algae to grow rapidly. Biological oceanographer John A. Gittings and an international group of researchers have found an example of this phenomenon in the Indian Ocean south-east of Madagascar.
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