Dust swept from the Sahara desert provides life at the bottom of the marine food chain with a critical nutrient. Without the iron carried far and wide in this mineral cloud, oceanic phytoplankton would struggle to bloom.
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Long-range transport of dust enhances oceanic iron bioavailability
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1428621/full
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