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Wildfires enhance phytoplankton production in tropical oceans

Authors :
Dongyan Liu
Chongran Zhou
John K. Keesing
Oscar Serrano
Axel Werner
Yin Fang
Yingjun Chen
Pere Masque
Janine Kinloch
Aleksey Sadekov
Yan Du
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

Wildfires are expected to increase in frequency and severity. Here the authors use geochemical paleo-reconstructions to show that over decadal timescales in Earth history wildfires are positively correlated with phytoplankton production off the coast of Australia.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.1e363149ee3343168c66fad5966e84ab
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29013-0