asakiyume, 39 minutes ago to space In the annals of we-are-all-connected.... Each year, on average 27.7 million tons of Saharan dust, carried on wind currents across the Atlantic, drop into Amazonia, bringing vital phosphorus from the Bodélé Depression in Chad, an ancient lake bed. Amazonia's plant life needs this transoceanic fertilization. https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals-how-much-saharan-dust-feeds-amazons-plants/ #Connections #NASA #currents #wind #sahara #amazonia #rain forest #desert
In the annals of we-are-all-connected....
Each year, on average 27.7 million tons of Saharan dust, carried on wind currents across the Atlantic, drop into Amazonia, bringing vital phosphorus from the Bodélé Depression in Chad, an ancient lake bed. Amazonia's plant life needs this transoceanic fertilization. https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals-how-much-saharan-dust-feeds-amazons-plants/
#Connections #NASA #currents #wind #sahara #amazonia #rain forest #desert
br00t4c, 49 minutes ago to space NASA Releases Catalog Packed With the Most Bizarre Alien Worlds #nasa #stars https://gizmodo.com/nasa-catalog-weird-exoplanets-tess-1851496697
NASA Releases Catalog Packed With the Most Bizarre Alien Worlds
#nasa #stars
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-catalog-weird-exoplanets-tess-1851496697
liederbach, 1 hour ago to space A Moonlit Moonwalk https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/jsc2024e035651orig/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #NASA #IOTD #Space
A Moonlit Moonwalk https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/jsc2024e035651orig/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #NASA #IOTD #Space