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Sat 02 Feb 2010Flurry of research on impact of dust on climate change
ORDINARY, EVERYDAY dust is emerging as an important environmental issue. It has the capacity to diminish climate change but may also have unexpected negative health and environmental impacts.
The stuff we view as a nuisance when it builds up on surfaces is under intensive study by scientists in fields including marine and atmospheric science, geology, microbiology and geochemistry. It is increasingly considered when developing computer-based climate models, Prof Joseph Prospero of the University of Miami said yesterday during a session at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in San Diego.
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