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A fair amount of the phosphorus in the Amazon comes from dust storms originating in the Sahara. [1] https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals
by pinkfoot 6y ago
A fair amount of the phosphorus in the Amazon comes from dust storms originating in the Sahara.
[1] https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals-how-much-saharan-dust-feeds-amazon-s-plants https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals-...
- arcadeparade 6y agogiven that the Sahara is only a couple thousand years old does that mean the amazon is just as young?
- pinkfoot 6y agoVery good question.
- macintux 6y agoAn interesting article on how people shaped the Amazon. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/its-now-clear-that-ancient-humans-helped-enrich-the-amazon/518439/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/its-now-...
- thaumasiotes 6y agoThe Amazon is much younger; much of what is jungle today wasn't before the Columbian Exchange. There is a theory that American reforestation was responsible for the Little Ice Age.