Bugün öğrendim ki: Amazon için birincil besin kaynağının, Afrika'da kuru bir göl yatağı olan Bodele Depresyonundan üflenen toz olduğunu.

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Plumes of dust that cross the Atlantic are richer in nutrients than previously thought. You have full access to this article via your institution. Charlie Bristow's team in Chad found significant micronutrient levels in dust heading for the Atlantic. Credit: Charles Bristow Dust from one of the world's most desolate places is providing essential fertilizer for one of the most lush, scientists have discovered. Significant amounts of plant nutrients have been found in atmospheric mineral dust blowing from a vast central African basin to the Amazon, where it could compensate for poor rainforest soils. The basin, known as the Bodélé depression, is the site of a once-massive lake in Chad. Bodélé is thought to be the dustiest place on Earth. Scientists went to Bodélé in 2005 and took atmospheric measurements to learn how the dust travels[1](/articles/news.2010.396