How Sahara desert shapes the world's ecosystems and weather

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Dust from the Sahara desert is picked up and transported by winds across the globe every year. This dust not only affect human life, but also shapes weather and sustain many of earth’s ecosystems. ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains how Saharan dust rises as plumes from the desert and forms thick layers in our atmosphere, driving these processes.
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Supplementary reading:
How Saharan dust from Africa has turned skies orange & ‘Martian’ red in Europe theprint.in/sc...
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Saharan dust is bad for health. But it’s also crucial to Earth’s biology and climate www.nationalge...
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New report explores the impact of sand and dust storms www.unenvironm...
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Video recorded on a windy day to set the tone to the theme of the video is really brilliant.

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Thanks for speaking in this matter…..the mystery and functioning of nature with its intricate beauty is far from complete understanding!! Deserts are considered less resourceful and tapping in detail of its benefits like this gives immense clarity !! And acknowledging the overall beauty of this earth !

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WOW! Always thought Deserts are useless and never knew their part in the ecosystem. Thank you

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Very good video! Thanks Sandhya.

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Nice explanation and coverage!

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Why there is suddenly many volcanic activities? Suggestion.

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In 2020 and 2021 the Sahara dust was very intense here in the Caribbean.

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Thanks for giving the utmost information as it is a part of the Ecosystem........

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God created the sands and everything else. Nature is non cognizant.

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The Sahara desert was powering the Amazon rain forests, - that fact was shown in Cosmos: A spacetime odyssey by Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Really cool to hear it from you again.

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Dust from Gobi dessert help rain drops condense over the Himalayas and brings water to our rivers

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*@PRINT* Interesting but you missed out mentioning the Thermals that are at the core of this dust plume formation and transport.

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What is Sahara desert and how it evolved? Any idea. Is that because of shift in plates or tilt of earth axis. Is Sahara desert oldest.

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The Calima was here in the canary islands yesterday!!

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“And in “tasreef” (the control of circulation) of the winds, are signs for people who reason.” (Qur’an, 45:5)

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Last couple of minutes show that the earth seems like a well-oiled machine! Everything that happens seems to serve a purpose, besides whatever inconvenience the events might cause. Mankind had better be careful before meddling with the nature's functions.

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I thought that it was due to environmental damage and deforestation. But my perspective got to change. For the same, I am having a question whether the expansion of desert is good or bad for nature and for forests as well as soil erosion which is faced by the environment or not?

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Hi. While environmental damage does occur everywhere around us because of human activity, it is clear with existing data that these processes are natural and not a result of human activity. However human modification of land with have consequences for sure. - S.Ramesh

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Amazing video as usual, but please avoid putting the loud background music.

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