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Saharan Dust Storms Linked To Enigmatic Fertilizer Plankton In Ocean

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Scientists have returned after six weeks on the Cape Verde Islands, 800 kilometers off the West African coast. They collected air and water samples in the search for a link between Saharan dust storms and the biological productivity of the ocean. The results were intriguing: the waters off Cape Verde contain huge amounts of the recently discovered cyanobacteria ?UCYN-A?, an enigmatic fertilizer alga whose characteristics are puzzling to scientists.

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