Saharan Dust & Aerosols
Rivers of dust and haze in the air — the Sahara feeds the Amazon across an ocean.
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Aerosol optical depth: how much dust, smoke, and haze hangs in the atmosphere. The Sahara exports whole rivers of dust across the Atlantic — dust that fertilizes the Amazon on the far shore.
Look too for seasonal smoke over burning regions and haze parked over industrial belts.
Data: NASA Earth Observations (MODIS aerosol optical depth) →
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