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What dust from the Sahara does to the planet

Geoff Riley

21st October 2017

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A striking article here from the Conversation - there is a complex ecosystem to Saharan dust.

It has been estimated that 400m to 700m tonnes of dust is transported from the Sahara every year.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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