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The sand from the Sahara usually travels to fertilize the Amazon; why is it being diverted to the North Atlantic, and what are the consequences if this continues?
https://imgur.com/a/7B806O1
sually it's a pretty clear path between the Sahara and the Amazon rainforest, and I've always enjoyed watching large particulates traverse across our globe to feed this fascinating oxygenation cycle.
But I've noticed this year when I go to watch this wonder occurring, the particulates are being diverted by the storms in the atlantic, and being drawn northwards, instead of over the Amazon rainforest.
Are they being sunk into the ocean? What happens if the cycle is disrupted for too long?
Tool I'm using to see this. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/particulates/surface/level/overlay=pm10/orthographic=-13.90,15.12,222
#science
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https://imgur.com/a/7B806O1
sually it's a pretty clear path between the Sahara and the Amazon rainforest, and I've always enjoyed watching large particulates traverse across our globe to feed this fascinating oxygenation cycle.
But I've noticed this year when I go to watch this wonder occurring, the particulates are being diverted by the storms in the atlantic, and being drawn northwards, instead of over the Amazon rainforest.
Are they being sunk into the ocean? What happens if the cycle is disrupted for too long?
Tool I'm using to see this. https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/particulates/surface/level/overlay=pm10/orthographic=-13.90,15.12,222
#science
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