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Every year, 27.7 million tons of Saharan dust crosses the Atlantic Ocean and settles on the Amazon rainforest, delivering roughly the exact amount of phosphorus the rainforest loses to runoff (spacedaily.com)
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[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

Phosphorous is wild! I highly recommend “the devil’s element” that goes into the history and politics of phosphorous as a resource and a weapon!

Of the plant Macronutrients Phosphorous is the closest to being limiting.