Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron ...

The Amazon river is the largest drainage system in the world in terms of water volume and its drainage basin. The 6,400 kilometer (4,000 mile) river flows from the Andes Mountains of Peru, ...

As the algae accumulate in the calm Caribbean basins, they begin to decompose, ... The Amazon River is the largest river in the world and accounts for 20% of the world’s total river discharges.

Brazil’s environmental agency, IBAMA, approved a key step that could soon allow Petrobras, the nation’s state oil company, to begin offshore oil drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River. In ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River ...

This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River then filters phosphorus into the ocean, creating algal blooms that support marine life.