Satellite Tracks Saharan Dust To Amazon In 3-D (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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For the first time, a NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic journey from the Sahara Desert the Amazon rain forest. Among this dust is phosphorus, an essential nutrient that acts like a fertilizer, which the Amazon depends on in order to flourish.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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