Designing landing gear for a superjumbo like the A380 presented Airbus with a host of new problems: how to support ...

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 then ...

Lightning storms in the Amazon further contribute to the rainforest's fertilization by converting nitrogen into a usable form for plants. My wife asked me the other day about all the dust in the air.

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 then ...

Nitrogen oxide dissolves in rainwater to form Miracle Gro for the rainforest. This cycle is why the Amazon rainforest is the most ecologically diverse place on the planet. One of every living species ...