Kalahari Desert could dust up Southern Ocean

Environmental Research Web, 26 April 2012
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Take a deep breath. If you live in the northern hemisphere then you will have inhaled a fair amount of dust. If you live in the southern hemisphere that breath was relatively dust free. However, new research indicates that the southern hemisphere is set to become dustier, as the South-African Kalahari Desert starts to erode. Ultimately, this additional airborne sand may breathe new life into ocean ecosystems.

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