Work by Cluster member Janice Brahney is cited in this article from Plant Cuttings.
"Maybe this phenomenon could be turned to the advantage of humankind? Since MPs are accumulated by plants, maybe those same plants could be used to absorb MPs from the air (and soil), so that other plants have less of a plastic burden to bear and are less harmful to other biota?"
In this stop along the Collectors Tour Jeff answers the question: what happens when it snows?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6JL3eB_Cic&list=PLELOz7SwUyhPEQvpNAuo9cK_rZMPiNvV4&index=14&t=11s
Cluster scientist spotlight!
Sarah Chan, PhD PhD Student, Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University
What advice do you have for students interested in science?
"If you're interested in the environment, learn as much as you can! There is always more to know about our world, and the more your learn, the more you'll be able to figure out what new things YOU can discover."
About Sarah: https://bit.ly/4jRXA2m
More scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U
"We applied EMMA to the upper Provo River watershed (262 km2), a snowmelt-dominated catchment in northern Utah."
Read about some of the latest collaborative work by members of the Dust Cluster: https://bit.ly/3FScZBO
Cluster scientist spotlight!
Kendra Caskey, MS Master's Student, Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University
What advice do you have for students interested in science?
"Communicate with professors and other scientists as much as you can; they can be your biggest help. I would also learn to love what you are doing and to practice writing as much as you can
More about Kendra: https://bit.ly/4kDG17y
Complete collection of scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U
Funding to support travel to upcoming science conferences in 2025 and 2026 is available through the Critical Zone Network of Networks project.
Apply today: https://bit.ly/4jRXXeg
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Dust particles are small. But they can pose a big danger. That's why we're studying how and why they move through the Critical Zone.
And also why these aerospace engineers are testing new airplane engines to see how they handle dust.
Work by Cluster member McKenzie Skiles is cited in this article recently published in The #Cryosphere.
"This study applies a Bayesian snow reanalysis approach with the existing Snow CCI snow cover fraction (SCF) dataset (1 km resolution) to develop a SWE dataset over four mountainous domains in western North America for water years (WYs) 2001–2019."
Cluster scientist spotlight!
Greg Carling, PhD Professor, Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University
What advice do you have for students interested in science?
"Find something that interests you and go for it. This is especially a great thing to study if you love being outdoors."
Read some of Greg's work: https://bit.ly/418gLid
More scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U
A visit to one of the OG collectors in the Collectors Tour array.
In this visit Cluster member Jeff Munroe describes the importance of long-term research in environmental science, how Dust^2 research helps better understand arid landscapes, and we see a hike on a lovely fall day in Utah.
"Humans are closely connected to the dust cycle."
You may have a little extra time to read this weekend, may we offer this 2025 article published in Nature Scientific Reports?
#OpenAccess "Mixing of natural and urban dust along the Wasatch Front of northern Utah, USA" co-authored by Cluster members: https://bit.ly/4ghyW9v
