Climate and health impacts of dust inaccurately represented, research finds
Geographic regions (red boxes) and land cover type from MODIS (MCD12Q1 collection 6) to aggregate modeled dust emission for summary statistics. Credit: Science of The Total Environment (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163452
The source and amounts of different types of mineral dust reaching the Earth's atmosphere needs to be re-evaluated so its effects on human health and climate change can be more accurately understood,…