First full survey of Peru and Chile’s threatened fog island ecosystems

So-called fog oases along the dry coast of Peru and Chile are home to medicinal plants – and a survey suggests they can grow in an area four times greater than previously thought

First full survey of Peru and Chile’s threatened fog island ecosystems
Life 6 September 2021

By Krista Charles

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A fog oasis successful a coastal godforsaken of Peru

Fotografia Hudson Yonjoy 2016 Peru

Dotted on the arid coasts of Peru and Chile are islands of greenish abstraction called fog oases that supply section sources of cleanable air, h2o and medicinal plants. The fog islands are poorly understood by scientists, but a outer survey suggests they tin turn crossed an country of onshore much than 4 times larger than antecedently thought.

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