It was tiny dust that turned the sky orange.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Dust
Displaying 21 - 33 of 33 articles
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?
Top contributors
-
Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
-
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide
-
Adjunct Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
-
Chancellor's Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, Indiana University
-
Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
-
Lecturer in East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield
-
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, James Cook University
-
Associate Professor of Physical Geography, University of Plymouth
-
Academic Casual, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
-
Research Director, Australian Microplastic Assessment Project (AUSMAP); Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
-
Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
-
Assistant Professor, International Studies, Simon Fraser University
-
Respiratory, sleep and general physician and conjoint lecturer in medicine, University of Newcastle
-
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Curtin University
-
Associate Professor of Public Health, William Paterson University
