It was tiny dust that turned the sky orange.
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Dust storms are not unusual, but intense ones have a wide range negative impacts upon multiple socioeconomic sectors. How do we address them?
From June through October, it's not unusual for huge Saharan dust plumes to blow across the Atlantic. They can darken skies but also bring calmer weather and electric sunsets. Here's how they form.
Combining design innovation methods with medical disciplines such as microbiology can help tackle health related challenges.
The haze now engulfing Sydney isn't an isolated problem. Cities around the world struggle to manage the many sources of tiny airborne particles and the discomfort and illnesses these cause.
What lessons can Australia learn from tackling asbestos to manage this latest preventable occupational hazard?
Even the tidiest space has some dust. Researchers are investigating just what these indoor particles are made of and their possible implications for human health.
New research projects that climate change could greatly increase airborne dust levels in the southwestern US, causing higher hospital admissions and premature deaths from heart and lung ailments.
We're seeing the resurgence of an old lung disease in people who make and install the type of engineered stone product you might find in your kitchen or bathroom.
Coal dust and oil can spread toxic chemicals hundreds of kilometres out to sea. But Australia's monitoring guidelines do not meet the standards used in countries such as the United States.
Parents in three Australian states are being given misleading advice about the dangers of lead to babies and small children – including failing to warn pregnant women about miscarriage risks.
Dust from pulverised comets rather than an alien megastructure could explain odd flicker of distant star.
Cleanliness is next to godliness. Did you know hairiness is a part of the equation as well?
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Epidemiology, Curtin University
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Associate professor, UNSW
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Marine Scientist, James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer in Design Interactions, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biology, Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor in Experimental Zoology, Wageningen University
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Professor of Astrophysics and Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Hertfordshire
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Associate Professor of Public Health, William Paterson University
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Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Center for Urban Health, IUPUI
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Curtin University
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Respiratory, sleep and general physician and conjoint lecturer in medicine, University of Newcastle
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Postdoctoral Scientist, George Washington University
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Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Global Health, George Washington University
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Senior Research Fellow in Chemistry-Climate Interactions, Harvard University
