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Australian fires in 2019–2020 had even more global reach than previously thought

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Recent devastating wildfires in Australia added vast amounts of carbon dioxide to the air and triggered blooms of marine algae in the Southern Ocean.

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The Guardian

Australian bushfire smoke caused massive phytoplankton bloom in Southern Ocean

Scientist compares bloom caused by iron particles in smoke aerosols to ‘the entire Sahara desert turning into a productive grassland’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingSmoke from the 2019-20 bushfires in Australia caused a bloom of phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean larger than the entire Australian continent, according to new research.An international team of scientists discovered via satellite data that the bloom of phytopla…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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ABC Australia

Black Summer bushfires triggered Southern Ocean algal blooms bigger than Australia

Iron-rich ash and smoke from the Black Summer bushfires dropped from the atmosphere into the Southern Ocean, fuelling enormous blooms of algae between New Zealand and South America.

3 years ago·Australia

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Sky News UK

Australia bushfires: Devastating flames released more than twice the amount of CO2 than previously thought, says study

Australia's coastal regions of Victoria and New South Wales were devastated by the enormous bushfires of 2019-2020. Billions of animals including koalas and kangaroo were killed or displaced and thousands of homes were destroyed.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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UPI

Australian wildfires triggered giant algal blooms thousands of miles away

The bush fires that torched Australia in 2019 and 2020 fueled massive algal blooms a few thousand miles away in the Southern Ocean, according to a new study.

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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Phys.org

Australian wildfires triggered massive algal blooms in Southern Ocean

Clouds of smoke and ash from wildfires that ravaged Australia in 2019 and 2020 triggered widespread algal blooms in the Southern Ocean thousands of miles downwind to the east, a new Duke University-led study by an international team of scientists finds.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Nature

Widespread phytoplankton blooms triggered by 2019–2020 Australian wildfires

Oceanic deposition of wildfire aerosols can enhance marine productivity, as supported here by satellite and in situ profiling floats data showing that emissions from the 2019–2020 Australian wildfires fuelled phytoplankton blooms in the Southern Ocean.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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