Scientists May Have Cracked Mystery of Australian Fairy Circles

Fairy circles are extremely ordered round patches of bare soil within arid grasslands. An international team of researchers from Germany, Australia and Israel has now got to the bottom of their cause with soil investigations and drones. Their results suggest that the fairy circles in Australia were caused by processes such as the weathering of the soil by heavy rainfall, extreme heat and evaporation.

Scientists May Have Cracked Mystery of Australian Fairy Circles

Scientists May Have Cracked Mystery of Australian Fairy Circles

Solving the puzzle of 'Fairy Circle' that mysteriously appear in

Mystical fairy circles kill all planted grasses, adding to the

Wet fall weather can cause abundance of fungus

Fairy Ring

A multi‐scale study of Australian fairy circles using soil excavations and drone‐based image analysis - Getzin - 2019 - Ecosphere - Wiley Online Library