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The Sahara sends roughly 27 million tonnes of dust across the Atlantic every year, and the phosphorus in it is what stops the Amazon's soils exhausting themselves, which means the largest rainforest on earth is quietly fertilised by the largest hot desert on eart - Space Daily

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Published by Space Daily 28 July 2026 at 22:00

The Sahara sends roughly 27 million tonnes of dust across the Atlantic every year, and the phosphorus in it is what stops the Amazon's soils exhausting themselves, which means the largest rainforest on earth is quietly fertilised by the largest hot desert on eart - Space Daily — Image · Space Daily

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