Comments on: More about how the Sahara creates the Amazon http://boingboing.net/2012/08/17/more-about-how-the-sahara-crea.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/08/17/more-about-how-the-sahara-crea.html#comment-1511590 Paul Renault Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176939#comment-1511590  Ditto: I have never been able to get anything from (I'm assuming it's) SoundCloud.  Ever, even from their site. It might be becauses SoundCloud is so intimately linked to Facebook, that my 'hosts' file doesn't like it.  Are there any alternatives?  Ditto: I have never been able to get anything from (I’m assuming it’s) SoundCloud.  Ever, even from their site.

It might be becauses SoundCloud is so intimately linked to Facebook, that my ‘hosts’ file doesn’t like it.  Are there any alternatives?

]]> By: beforewepost http://boingboing.net/2012/08/17/more-about-how-the-sahara-crea.html#comment-1511273 beforewepost Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176939#comment-1511273 Two questions: 1)Is there anyway to download the interview for listening to on my commute? 2) Is there anything special about the dust? That is it especially rich in nutrients? Two questions:
1)Is there anyway to download the interview for listening to on my commute?
2) Is there anything special about the dust? That is it especially rich in nutrients?

]]> By: chdunk http://boingboing.net/2012/08/17/more-about-how-the-sahara-crea.html#comment-1511253 chdunk Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176939#comment-1511253 Actually, the hypothesis is even older than that.  See: "Saharan Dust in the Amazon Basin" Swap R, Garstang M, Greco S, Talbot R, Kallberg P. Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology. 1992;44(2):133-149. Actually, the hypothesis is even older than that.  See:

“Saharan Dust in the Amazon Basin”
Swap R, Garstang M, Greco S, Talbot R, Kallberg P. Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology. 1992;44(2):133-149.

]]> By: TrevorSweet http://boingboing.net/2012/08/17/more-about-how-the-sahara-crea.html#comment-1511201 TrevorSweet Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176939#comment-1511201 Fun fact:  The name Sahara derives from the Arabic word for desert. See also Gobi. Fun fact:  The name Sahara derives from the Arabic word for desert. See also Gobi.

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