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2nd March 2015
Dust from the Saharan Desert Fertilizes the Amazon Rainforest
The Sahara Desert, located in northern Africa, is the world’s largest desert. The Amazon rainforest, located in northern South America, is the world’s largest rainforest. New research, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, indicates that these ecosystems, while vastly different, are tied together.