Aerosols are an important source of macro- and micronutrients for the open ocean. However, only dissolved nutrients are considered bioavailable, i.e. assimilable by phytoplankton. Thus, the quantification of their solubility is essential to (i) estimate the influence of aerosol deposition on phytoplankton, and (ii) closing the biogeochemical cycles of these elements. We thus established the solubility ranges of two types of aerosols (desert or volcanic) according to the deposition mode (dry and wet), by integrating the variability depending on the aerosol origin. Thus, the macronutrient silicon found in desert dust is more soluble compared to volcanic ash (up to 0.7 % against 0.2 %), in particular via the dissolution of quartz. The micronut...