Most of the material picked up by the trade winds is silica and clay minerals, which are not nutriti...
SCIENCE
May 20, 2026
Every year, 27.7 million tons of Saharan dust crosses the Atlantic Ocean and settles on the Amazon rainforest, delivering roughly the exact amount of phosphorus the rainforest loses to runoff, which means the world's most productive forest is fertilised, year afte
Most of the material picked up by the trade winds is silica and clay minerals, which are not nutritionally useful to a rainforest.
Most of the material picked up by the trade winds is silica and clay minerals, which are not nutritionally useful to a rainforest.
Author: Space Daily
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