Desert dust and human health disorders

AS Goudie - Environment international, 2014 - Elsevier
Dust storms may originate in many of the world's drylands and have an effect not only on
human health in the drylands themselves but also in downwind environments, including …

Health and safety effects of airborne soil dust in the Americas and beyond

DQ Tong, TE Gill, WA Sprigg, RS Van Pelt… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Risks associated with dust hazards are often underappreciated, a gap between the
knowledge pool and public awareness that can be costly for impacted communities. This …

[图书][B] Desert dust in the global system

AS Goudie, NJ Middleton - 2006 - books.google.com
Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world's drylands, are a
vital component of the environment. This is because of their role in biogeochemical cycling …

Atmospheric transport of microplastics during a dust storm

S Abbasi, M Rezaei, F Ahmadi, A Turner - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Dust storms are common events in arid and semi-arid regions that have a wide range of
impacts on the environment and human health. This study addresses the presence …

Long-term impacts of dust storms on transport systems in south-eastern Iran

A Miri, N Middleton - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
Dust storms are frequent in the Sistan region of south-eastern Iran and cause a wide range
of problems, but few studies have assessed their negative impacts. This paper makes an …

On the interpretation of Chinese loess as a paleoclimate indicator

G Roe - Quaternary Research, 2009 - cambridge.org
The records of wind-blown dust (ie, loess) in China are some of the most important terrestrial
records of past climate changes, stretching back over the last 10 Ma. In the paleoclimate …

Blowing dust and highway safety in the southwestern United States: Characteristics of dust emission “hotspots” and management implications

J Li, T Kandakji, JA Lee, J Tatarko, J Blackwell III… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite the widespread media attention of chain-reaction traffic incidents and property
damage caused by windblown dust in the US and elsewhere in the world, very few studies …

Dust in the Critical Zone: North American case studies

J Brahney, RC Heindel, TE Gill, G Carling… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The dust cycle facilitates the exchange of particles among Earth's major systems, enabling
dust to traverse ecosystems, cross geographic boundaries, and even move uphill against …

Characterizing the role of wind and dust in traffic accidents in California

A Bhattachan, GS Okin, J Zhang, S Vimal… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wind is a common ground transportation hazard. In arid regions, wind‐blown dust is an
added risk. Here, we analyzed the relationship between accidents and wind speed, dust …

Impact of the March 2009 dust event in Saudi Arabia on aerosol optical properties, meteorological parameters, sky temperature and emissivity

A Maghrabi, B Alharbi, N Tapper - Atmospheric Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
On 10th March 2009 a widespread and severe dust storm event that lasted several hours
struck Riyadh, and represented one of the most intense dust storms experienced in Saudi …