Botswana, African elephant
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Climate Change Driven Algal Blooms Linked to Mass Elephant Deaths in Botswana
A study by King's College London reveals that toxic algal blooms, possibly intensified by climate change, caused the mysterious mass deaths of over 350 elephants in Botswana in 2020. The study used satellite data to correlate algae growth in waterholes with the regions where elephants died.
Natural History Museum%2c Lon… · 1d
Climate change linked to mass poisoning of hundreds of elephants
While cyanobacteria were among the suggested causes of the mass elephant deaths in 2020, evidence tying the microbes to the event was limited. Poaching, drought and infection by other bacteria were also suggested causes, but restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant that investigation on the ground was limited.
The Week · 1d
Mass elephant deaths of 2020 in Africa possibly due to climate-induced poisoning study finds
Climate change may have induced a poisoning in water that elephants drank, thereby causing mass deaths in 2020 in Botswana, Africa, according to a new study that provided satellite evidence. In May and June 2020,
AOL · 22h
Hundreds of endangered African elephants suddenly died. New evidence finds a link to climate change
New data from satellites has provided further evidence that the deaths of hundreds of endangered Botswanan elephants were the result of climate change. A new analysis found that the mass die-off in 2020 was likely tied to toxic algae in watering holes.
Science Daily · 1d
Satellite evidence bolsters case that climate change caused mass elephant die-off
A new study 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.
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