Dust from the Sahara covered this Spanish ski resort yesterday:

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Dust from the Sahara covered this Spanish ski resort yesterday, a visual of North Africa’s importance to the rest of the world

The most emptiest and parched area of the world supplies vital nutrients through this dust for rain forests and ocean life

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Every year millions of tons of dust migrates across the Atlantic, some settles into the sea, supplying about 87 percent of its iron, most ends up in the Amazon forest, delivering 22,000 tons of phosphorus, matching what the Amazon loses annually in rainfalls and floods 2/

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How interconnected we are that long dead microorganisms in an ancient African lake bed, feed the lungs of the world, migrating to exactly where it’s needed, every year

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1. It's coating ski resorts....

in the south of France as well. A day of skiing on that stuff would ruin a pair of skis. It would be like skiing on sandpaper all day.

That said, it sure is necessary for the balance of nature on our planet. Funny how that all works out, huh? Mother earth knows what she's doing, and then we come along and screw it all up.

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2. Thanks. I learned something today. I had no idea the Sahara dust was so nutriant filled.