The atmosphere connects habitats across multiple spatial scales via airborne dispersal of
microbial cells, propagules and biomolecules. Atmospheric microorganisms have been …

Atmospheric ice‐nucleating particles (INPs) play a critical role in cloud freezing processes,
with important implications for precipitation formation and cloud radiative properties, and …

The Indian summer monsoon (ISM) is one of the world's strongest monsoon systems that
brings about eighty percent of the annual rainfall to the Indian subcontinent and impacts the …

Fugitive road dust (FRD) particles emitted by traffic-generated turbulence are an important
contributor to urban ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5). Especially in urban areas of …

With urbanization worldwide in recent decades, anthropogenic dust (AD) emissions due to
heavy urban construction and off-road vehicle use have been increasing. Its perturbations …

Abstract Soils in the Amazon Basin are deficient in phosphorus, essential to soil fertility.
Previous studies suggested that African mineral dust deposited to Amazonian soils served …

Dust storms are common meteorological events in arid and semi-arid regions, particularly in
Southwest Iran (SWI). Here we study the relation between drought events in Iraq and dust …

Dust storms are one of the major disasters in arid and semi-arid regions. Understanding the
impact factors is crucial for early warning and disaster mitigation. Many factors have been …

Abstract Sand and Dust Storms (SDS) are often considered as a natural phenomenon
typical of the remote desert regions. It is becoming clear, however, that human activities also …

Dust emission is an important corollary of the soil degradation process in arid and semi-arid
areas worldwide. Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the main terrestrial pool in the carbon cycle …