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How many tons of Saharan dust does the wind carry off the west coast of Africa each year?
182 million
tons per year
182,000,000 exactly, give or take
Around 182 million tons of Saharan dust blows out over the Atlantic every year — and about 27 million tons of it lands in the Amazon, fertilising the rainforest.SOURCENASA CALIPSO satellite study
Scale check: 182 million is roughly about the population of Japan.
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