Author: Goddard Space Flight Center

  • NASA Satellite Reveals How Much Saharan Dust Feeds Amazon's Plants

    What connects Earth's largest, hottest desert to its largest tropical rain forest?The Sahara Desert is a near-uninterrupted brown band of sand and scrub across the northern third of Africa. The Amazon rain forest is a dense green mass of humid jungle that covers northeast South America. But after strong winds sweep across the Sahara, a…