Widespread phytoplankton blooms triggered by 2019–2020 Australian wildfires

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Tang, Weiyi, Llort, Joan, Weis, Jakob, Perron, Morgane M. G., Basart, Sara
• Other Authors: Barcelona Supercomputing Center
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Research 2021
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Degradació ambiental::Canvi climàtic; Climatic changes; Droughts; Wildfires > Australia; Atmospheric aerosols; Phytoplankton algal blooms; Atmospheric chemistry; Carbon cycle; Fire ecology; Marine chemistry; Canvis climàtics; Southern Ocean; Rodriguez; Hess
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/351768; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03805-8

Droughts and climate-change-driven warming are leading to more frequent and intense wildfires1,2,3, arguably contributing to the severe 2019–2020 Australian wildfires4. The environmental and ecological impacts of the fires include loss of habitats and the emission of substantial amounts of atmospher...