News Headline

African smoke is fertilizing Amazon rainforest and oceans

Source
Science Daily

Publication Date
2019-07-30

A new study led by researchers at the University of Miami's (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science found that smoke from fires in Africa may be the most important source of a key nutrient -- phosphorus -- that acts as a fertilizer in the Amazon rainforest, Tropical Atlantic and Southern oceans.

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190729151853.htm