NASA Satellite Traces Dust from the Sahara to the Amazon

A NASA satellite has discovered the connection between dust from the Sahara desert to flourishing life in the Amazon rain forest. Strong winds blow dust – 27.7 million tons per year –  from the Sahara across the Atlantic Ocean  to the Amazon. Data was collected by NASA’s Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) satellite from 2007 […]