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Dust from the Sahara Desert fertilizes the Amazon Rainforest across the Atlantic Ocean.

Why it is true

Winds carry millions of tons of phosphorus-rich dust from the Bodele Depression to South America, replenishing the nutrients that rains wash away from the rainforest.

Source: Ecological Transport

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