New analysis showing carcass distribution and algae in watering holes points to climate-induced poisoning of over 300 African elephants.
New analysis showing carcass distribution and algae in watering holes points to climate-induced poisoning of over 300 African elephants.
A new study led by King’s College London has provided further evidence that the deaths of 350 African elephants in Botswana during 2020 were the result of drinking from water holes where toxic algae populations had exploded due to climate change.
The lead author of the report says their analysis shows animals were very likely poisoned by watering holes where toxic blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, had developed after a very wet year followed a very dry one.
The study was led by Davide Lomeo, a PhD student in the Department of Geography at King’s College London and co-supervised by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the Natural History Museum.
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