← Back to context Comment by bearjaws 4 hours ago Also having large waves of Saharan dust which is too dry and inhibits hurricane development. 3 comments bearjaws Reply abakker 2 hours ago Where does this dust end up? Into the oceans? Because iron-rich dust entering the oceans helps create nutrition for algae which can absorb CO2 joecool1029 2 hours ago Believe it or not at least 40 million tons of it ends up in the Amazon basin each year where it does have an effect on the plants there: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/1/1/014...It goes elsewhere too, as expected. consp 44 minutes ago N/Nw Europe also has sand rains. Not seen it this year yet though.
abakker 2 hours ago Where does this dust end up? Into the oceans? Because iron-rich dust entering the oceans helps create nutrition for algae which can absorb CO2 joecool1029 2 hours ago Believe it or not at least 40 million tons of it ends up in the Amazon basin each year where it does have an effect on the plants there: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/1/1/014...It goes elsewhere too, as expected. consp 44 minutes ago N/Nw Europe also has sand rains. Not seen it this year yet though.
joecool1029 2 hours ago Believe it or not at least 40 million tons of it ends up in the Amazon basin each year where it does have an effect on the plants there: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/1/1/014...It goes elsewhere too, as expected. consp 44 minutes ago N/Nw Europe also has sand rains. Not seen it this year yet though.
Where does this dust end up? Into the oceans? Because iron-rich dust entering the oceans helps create nutrition for algae which can absorb CO2
Believe it or not at least 40 million tons of it ends up in the Amazon basin each year where it does have an effect on the plants there: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/1/1/014...
It goes elsewhere too, as expected.
N/Nw Europe also has sand rains. Not seen it this year yet though.