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August 17, 2012 12:37 pm PDT
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More about how the Sahara creates the Amazon
On Monday, I posted about an incredibly fascinating study linking the minerals that fertilize the Amazon rainforest to a specific corner of the Sahara desert in the country of Chad. That lake of sand—once an actual lake the size of California—is what keeps the Amazon green and verdant. The interesting thing is that the study [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/fbL75dMzuA0/more-about-how-the-sahara-crea.html
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