Every year, 27 million tons of sand and dust fly from the Sahara to Amazon
It is estimated that an average of 182 million tons of Sahara dust is blown away by the wind every year, of which about 27 million tons are trapped in the Amazon.Dust from Asia stains North America
A study by the US Aerospace Agency (NASA), published in Science, proves that about half of microscopic dust particles in the North American atmosphere come from outside.