The Amazon rainforest depends on fires in Africa for a vital nutrient, Phosphorous

The world’s largest rainforest and a crucial store of carbon dioxide gets most of its phosphorous, an  important nutrient, from an unexpected source: fires in Africa.

Strange as it may seem, we thought that the Amazon got much of its phosphorus from dust whipped up from the Sahara Desert and transported across the Atlantic on the wind.

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