Dust contributes valuable nutrients to Sierra Nevada forest ecosystems

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Mar 28, 2017, 4:00 pm123 pts
Collecting dust isn't usually considered a good thing.But dust from as close as California's Central Valley and as far away as Asia's Gobi Desert provides nutrients, especially phosphorus, to vegetation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a team of scientists has found. Their study, published in the journal Nature…

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