Geography & Planet Earth
How many tonnes of Saharan dust does the wind carry west off the coast of Africa in an average year?
Answer
182,000,000 tonnes
About 27 million tonnes of it settles on the Amazon rainforest every year, delivering phosphorus that fertilizes the jungle — one continent's desert literally feeds another continent's rainforest.
Source: NASA Goddard (CALIPSO satellite study)
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