NASA shows how Saharan dust fertilizes the Amazon
A large amount of dust from the Sahara "travels" more than 2000 km to reach the Amazon, the phenomenon is shown in a video recently released by NASA.
The data from NASA show the relationship between the desert and the forest, were collected between 2007 and 2013, despite being a phenomenon already known by scientists for years now if we have more accurate data on this phenomenon.
How the dust of the Sahara desert fertilizes the Amazon
It is estimated that approximately 182,000 tons of dust from the Sahara cross through the Atlantic Ocean to reach America. Of this total, about 27.7 million tons of dust precipitate each year in the Amazon basin, 0.08% corresponds to phosphorus (important nutrient for plants), according to researchers from the University of Maryland (USA), which It is equivalent to 22,000 tons.