Warmer Ocean Temperatures May Decrease Saharan Dust Crossing the Atlantic

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Every year millions of tons of dust from the Sahara Desert are swirled up into the atmosphere by easterly trade winds, and carried across the Atlantic. The plumes can make their way from the African continent as far as the Amazon rainforest, where they fertilize plant life. As the climate changes, dust activity will continue to be affected. In a new study, NASA researchers predict that within the next century we will see dust transport approach a 20,000-year minimum. Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/esnt/2021/nasa-study-predicts-less-saharan-dust-in-future-winds Music: "Dawn Drone" from Universal Production Music Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio Katy Mersmann (USRA): Lead Producer Lara Streiff (Telophase): Lead Writer Helen-Nicole Kostis (USRA): Visualizer Kel Elkins (USRA): Visualizer This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13839 This video can be freely shared and downloaded at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13839 . While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, some individual imagery and music may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13839 . For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit https://nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines .

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