Satellite proof boosts case that environment modification triggered mass elephant die-off
A brand-new research study led by King's College London has actually offered additional proof that the deaths of 350 African elephants in Botswana throughout 2020 were the outcome of drinking from water holes where hazardous algae populations had actually taken off due to environment modification.
The lead author of the report states their analysis reveals animals were likely poisoned by watering holes where poisonous blossoms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, had actually established after a really damp year followed a really dry one.
Davide Lomeo, a PhD trainee in the Department of Geography at King's College London and co-supervised by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the Natural History Museum, stated: "Botswana is home to a 3rd of all African elephants, and this unmatched die...