«There are three volcanic events in the last 100 years, and we had record sockeye salmon runs in those three
volcanic dust events,» George says.
Not exact matches
Ocean chemist Philip Boyd of the University of Otago in New Zealand says many other researchers have tried to link an infusion of iron from
volcanic ash or even
dust storms to plankton blooms, but this study is the first to «verify such a massive
event.»
For years most scientists have attributed this ominous
event to atmospheric
dust following a
volcanic eruption.
These datasets will be used to improve strategic and hazard - warning capabilities of
events in near real - time, such as tracking plumes from
dust storms,
volcanic eruptions, and wildfires.
Such an
event is suggestive of a
volcanic dust veil or ash cloud observed from Constantinople, possibly from a Mediterranean eruption.