image: The southern Sierra Nevada, pictured here, is not the only montane ecosystem that may receive large nutrient inputs from dust. An analysis of existing global datasets reveals that dust may play a significant role in many eroding landscapes around the world. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 06 December 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by L.J. Arvin at University of Wyoming in Laramie, WY, and colleagues was titled, "Global patterns of dust and bedrock nutrient supply to montane ecosystems." view more
Credit: [Credit: Lindsay Arvin]