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GEOMAR: Small-scale currents are the cause of biodiversity around Cape Verde

Why is the sea around the Cape Verde Islands so unusually productive, despite being located in the middle of a nutrient-poor region of the ocean? An international research team led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has now analyzed data from two decades of interdisciplinary observations. The analysis shows that three small-scale physical processes – eddies, internal waves, and wind fields – significantly promote… Read more »