Amazing orange skies in the photos accompanying this article about #dust storms in Libya. #geology #airquality

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dust-storm-photo-scroller-9.7053241

The Wilkes Center at the University of #Utah has released a great new map tool to model #dust exposure relative to different levels of Great Salt Lake:

https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/wilkes-center-unveils-map-tool-to-model-great-salt-lake-dust-exposure/

#geology #health #science #climate #water

A new #dust storm ranking scale has been released for the #Phoenix #Arizona area. You can find an interview with a co-author on the study presenting the new scale here:

https://www.kjzz.org/the-show/2025-12-01/new-dust-storm-ranking-system-provides-more-insight-into-arizona-haboobs

Living next to an expanding #dust source has costs, as detailed in a recent report about Great Salt Lake in northern #Utah. Dr. Derek Mallia with the DUST^2 team contributed to this study by modeling which communities around the lake are impacted most by blowing dust. #geology #science #publichealth #dustsquared

https://uta hnewsdispatch.com/2025/10/30/new-research-shows-true-cost-of-living-with-great-salt-lake-dust/

"Higher dust exposure near the Salton Sea is linked to poorer lung function in nearby children." -- Dust Matters #dust #crticalzone #environment #california #publichealth

https://news.uci.edu/2025/10/14/study-links-wind-blown-dust-from-receding-salton-sea-to-reduced-lung-function-in-area-children/

New study provides information about #dust devils on #mars #geology #solarsystem #science

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/science/martian-dust-devils-orbital-images

Read the full paper #OpenAccess here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw5170

Saharan #dust working its way across the central Atlantic toward the Caribbean shown in an animation for the week of September 22, 2025. A major episode of dust delivery in 2020 is the topic of a recent #OpenAccess paper: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/106/8/BAMS-D-24-0045.1.xml?tab_body=pdf

#atmosphere #atlantic #caribbean #science #research #earthscience

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

#criticalzone #Earthscience #sahara #airquality

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