Editing Dust storm (section)

=== Economic impact ===
Dust storms cause soil loss from the drylands, and worse, they preferentially remove organic matter and the nutrient-rich lightest particles, thereby reducing agricultural productivity. Also, the abrasive effect of the storm damages young crop plants. Dust storms also reduce visibility, affecting aircraft and road transportation.{{Citation needed paragraph|date=August 2021}}

Dust can also have beneficial effects where it deposits: Central and South American rainforests get significant quantities of mineral nutrients from the Sahara;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garner |first=Rob |date=2015-02-24 |title=Saharan Dust Feeds Amazon's Plants |url=http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals-how-much-saharan-dust-feeds-amazon-s-plants |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=NASA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Yu |first1=Hongbin |last2=Chin |first2=Mian |last3=Yuan |first3=Tianle |last4=Bian |first4=Huisheng |last5=Remer |first5=Lorraine A. |last6=Prospero |first6=Joseph M. |last7=Omar |first7=Ali |last8=Winker |first8=David |last9=Yang |first9=Yuekui |last10=Zhang |first10=Yan |last11=Zhang |first11=Zhibo |last12=Zhao |first12=Chun |date=2015-03-28 |title=The fertilizing role of African dust in the Amazon rainforest: A first multiyear assessment based on data from Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015GL063040 |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |volume=42 |issue=6 |pages=1984–1991 |doi=10.1002/2015GL063040 |bibcode=2015GeoRL..42.1984Y |osti=1225157 |s2cid=131476017 |issn=0094-8276}}</ref> iron-poor ocean regions get iron; and dust in Hawaii increases [[Plantain (cooking)|plantain]] growth. In northern China as well as the mid-western U.S., ancient dust storm deposits known as [[loess]] are highly fertile soils, but they are also a significant source of contemporary dust storms when soil-securing vegetation is disturbed.{{Citation needed paragraph|date=August 2021}}