Interested in the intersection of #geology #hydrology #ecology #social science and #atmospheric #science? Want to learn more about #criticalzone research? You'll enjoy reading the most recent newsletter of the international #CZ-NoN project, now available here:
https://share.google/WDARjmH79pmk81eCb
A year ago today I was well underway on my annual loop through the Intermountain West to empty the dust collectors I maintain for the DUST^2 project. In this video, I introduce DUST-4, my favorite collector of them all. #geology #criticalzone #science #utah #dust
Saharan #dust is leading to air quality alerts in the Canary Islands.
https://www.iqair.com/sg/newsroom/canary-islands-air-quality-alert-saharan-dust
Members of the DUST^2 team and broader #dust research community in #Utah contributed to this study reported on by the Salt Lake Tribune:
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2025/09/15/dust-storms-around-great-salt-lake/
Read the full paper #OpenAccess here: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GH001462
#geology #earthscience #criticalzone #drought #health #geohealth
Two years ago today, the Fall 2023 Collectors Tour brought Emmet Norris to the DUST-9 collector at the head of Little Cottonwood Canyon in #utah. #dust #criticalzone #earthscience #geology #ecology #environmentalscience
Join Emmet Norris two years ago today as he shares some sunrise views from DUST-13 during the 2023 Collectors Tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUIYEokPo9c
#dust #utah #mountains #landscape #Earthscience #criticalzone
Work by Middlebury-based Cluster member @jmunroe is cited in this article recently published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
"Alpine treelines and shrublines are highly sensitive to environmental change. In this Review, we summarize their global patterns and trends, underlying mechanisms and impacts."
Alpine treelines and shrublines are advancing to higher elevations in the context of warming. This Review synthesizes global trends in ecotone dynamics, explores the underlying drivers and mechanisms, and considers the consequences to alpine regions.
"Air masses traveling across the city delivered urban dust to rural sites."
Work by members of the Dust Cluster is cited in Land Use Determines Dust Geochemistry in Central Ohio, US recently published by Atmospheric Environment
Read the cited article: https://bit.ly/3NNsawn
We're wrapping up Year 5 of our five-yeaer project! When we started we weren't able to meet in person until the beginning of Year 2 when we followed COVID protocols for our first in-person all hands meeting in Burlington, Vermont.
More about out project on the Cluster website: https://bit.ly/44L0dij
Jeff Munroe
Dust^2
The Big Data Cluster