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How Massive Saharan Dust Impacts Amazon Rainforests

The Amazon rainforest is in the northeast of South America and is a dense humid jungle, while the Sahara Desert is a mass of a nearly uninterrupted band of sand that lies on the northern part of Africa. When strong winds move across the Sahara, Saharan dust is what connects the two. A huge cloud of dust rises in ...

Troy Oakes

View of purple sunset over the Brazilian rainforest in the Amazon region.