Is Sahara Desert Dust Secretly Feeding the Amazon? The science behind a 10,000-mile journey

Is Sahara Desert Dust Secretly Feeding the Amazon? The science behind a 10,000-mile journey

[ad_ About 27 million tons of Saharan dust delivers about 22,000 tons of phosphorus to the Amazon annually. Image: NASA In 2015, scientists reported evidence that vast plumes of dust from the Sahara Desert help replenish phosphorus in the Amazon rainforest, linking the world’s largest desert to its largest rainforest in what researchers described as…

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Politics Live: Penny Wong warns Australians of ‘severe travel disruption’ due to Iran conflict; NSW to review hospital maintenance after fungus and bird lice outbreaks

Politics Live: Penny Wong warns Australians of ‘severe travel disruption’ due to Iran conflict; NSW to review hospital maintenance after fungus and bird lice outbreaks

SmartTraveller tells Australians not to travel to most countries in the Middle East SmartTraveler has updated its list of countries not to travel to in the Middle East as conflict escalates in the region. Countries include: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The website says Australians…

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After Khamenei, missile attacks continue amid defiance of Iranian leaders. Israel-Iran conflict news

After Khamenei, missile attacks continue amid defiance of Iranian leaders. Israel-Iran conflict news

Tehran, Iran – Major airstrikes by the United States and Israel on Tehran and other cities continue as the Iranian establishment considers its future while launching projectiles across the region. The capital was rocked several times Sunday after a series of attacks in several neighbourhoods, with the Israeli military saying military centres were also the targets….

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