Dust

Desert dust transported over large distances through the atmosphere is a potential fertilizer of the ocean. Since 2012 NIOZ monitors ocean dust originating from the Sahara Desert using an array of moored dust-collecting buoys at the surface and sediment traps in the ocean below it.

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Welcome to NIOZ' dustiest web page! 
We are currently updating this page, for now you can find all information on our dust research on our old website via de link below

More on NIOZ' dust research

NASA's animation of dust-storm Godzilla

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