Dust Contributes Valuable Nutrients to Sierra Nevada Forest Ecosystems
March 28, 2017
March 28, 2017
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release:
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 Communications, highlights the importance of dust and the phosphor . . .
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 Communications, highlights the importance of dust and the phosphor . . .