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Underwater fairy rings

Published online 9 August 2017

What are those mysterious patches of bare land cropping out in green meadows under the sea?

Pakinam Amer

Nature Middle East talks to one of the scientists behind a new research into underwater "fairy rings" or circular patches of bare land carved out of dense meadows of sea grass. Why are they there and what do they mean?

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doi:10.1038/nmiddleeast.2017.120