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Dust Storms In Sahara Desert Sustain Life In Atlantic Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080718074110.htm

ScienceDaily (July 19, 2008) — Research at the University of Liverpool has found how Saharan dust storms help sustain life over extensive regions of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Working aboard research vessels in the Atlantic, scientists mapped the distribution of nutrients including phosphorous and nitrogen and investigated how organisms such as phytoplankton are sustained in areas with low nutrient levels.

They found that plants are able to grow in these regions because they are able to take advantage of iron minerals in Saharan dust storms. This allows them to use organic or ‘recycled’ material from dead or decaying plants when nutrients such as phosphorous – an essential component of DNA – in the ocean are low.  Keep Reading

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  1. While there is some good dust blowing, we also have to remember that pollution blows from China to the US. Chemicals in the air and water have been polluting animals and human cultures that have personally never come into physical contact with civilization or harmful chemicals.

    Steamboat
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    1. Steamboat on July 21st, 2008 at 12:11 pm

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