Sand and Dust Storms: Impact Mitigation

A complex origin for the Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California, USA: A case study using a simple geochemical method with global applications

(2017) Daniel R. Muhs et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Unpacking the concept of land degradation neutrality and addressing its operation through the Rio Conventions

(2017) Mariam Akhtar-Schuster et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Dust outpaces bedrock in nutrient supply to montane forest ecosystems

(2017) S. M. Aciego et al.   Nature Communications

Desert dust hazards: A global review

(2017) N.J. Middleton   Aeolian Research

Spatial and seasonal variability in fine mineral dust and coarse aerosol mass at remote sites across the United States

(2017) J. L. Hand et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

A coupled vegetation/sediment transport model for dryland environments

(2017) Jerome R. Mayaud et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE

Asian dust effect on cause-specific mortality in five cities across South Korea and Japan

(2016) Saori Kashima et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Increase in dust storm related PM 10 concentrations: A time series analysis of 2001–2015

(2016) Helena Krasnov et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Tracing the Sources of Atmospheric Phosphorus Deposition to a Tropical Rain Forest in Panama Using Stable Oxygen Isotopes

(2016) A. Gross et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Rangeland management and climate hazards in drylands: dust storms, desertification and the overgrazing debate

(2016) Nick Middleton   NATURAL HAZARDS

Large Salt Dust Storms Follow a 30-Year Rainfall Cycle in the Mar Chiquita Lake (Córdoba, Argentina)

(2016) Enrique H. Bucher et al.   PLoS One

High-latitude dust in the Earth system

(2016) Joanna E. Bullard et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

The National Wind Erosion Research Network: Building a standardized long-term data resource for aeolian research, modeling and land management

(2016) Nicholas P. Webb et al.   Aeolian Research

Multifaceted Impacts of Sustainable Land Management in Drylands: A Review

(2016) Maria Marques et al.   Sustainability

China's Grassland Contract Policy and its Impacts on Herder Ability to Benefit in Inner Mongolia: Tragic Feedbacks

(2016) Wenjun Li et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Review on urban vegetation and particle air pollution – Deposition and dispersion

(2015) Sara Janhäll   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Biopolymer Stabilization of Mine Tailings for Dust Control

(2015) Rui Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Identification of dust storm source areas in West Asia using multiple environmental datasets

(2015) Hui Cao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Aerodynamics and morphodynamics of sand fences: A review

(2015) Bailiang Li et al.   Aeolian Research

Long-term livestock exclusion facilitates native woody plant encroachment in a sandy semiarid rangeland

(2015) Hua Su et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Inverse Emulsion Polymerization for the Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Polyacrylamide and Its Application as Sand Stabilizer

(2015) Mahmoud A. Mohsin et al.   International Journal of Polymer Science

History of East European Chernozem Soil Degradation; Protection and Restoration by Tree Windbreaks in the Russian Steppe

(2015) Yury Chendev et al.   Sustainability

New Insights into the Geography and Modelling of Wind Erosion in the European Agricultural Land. Application of a Spatially Explicit Indicator of Land Susceptibility to Wind Erosion

(2015) Pasquale Borrelli et al.   Sustainability

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Renewing the Global Commitment to People’s Resilience, Health, and Well-being

(2015) Amina Aitsi-Selmi et al.   International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

Regime shift in Arabian dust activity, triggered by persistent Fertile Crescent drought

(2015) Michael Notaro et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Dynamics and Resilience of Rangelands and Pastoral Peoples Around the Globe

(2014) Robin S. Reid et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Soil Dust Aerosols and Wind as Predictors of Seasonal Meningitis Incidence in Niger

(2014) Carlos Pérez García-Pando et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Towards a Pan-European Assessment of Land Susceptibility to Wind Erosion

(2014) Pasquale Borrelli et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Analysis of dust events in 2008 and 2009 using the lidar network, surface observations and the CFORS model

(2013) Nobuo Sugimoto et al.   Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Spatial vulnerability under extreme events: A case of Asian dust storm's effects on children's respiratory health

(2013) Hwa-Lung Yu et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Health effects of the September 2009 dust storm in Sydney, Australia: did emergency department visits and hospital admissions increase?

(2013) Alistair Merrifield et al.   Environmental Health

Modeled PM2.5 removal by trees in ten U.S. cities and associated health effects

(2013) David J. Nowak et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Geomorphic and land cover identification of dust sources in the eastern Great Basin of Utah, U.S.A.

(2013) Maura Hahnenberger et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Effects of grassland restoration programs on ecosystems in arid and semiarid China

(2013) Lin Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses

(2013) J. Sayer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dust storms ? what do they really cost?

(2013) P. Tozer et al.   RANGELAND JOURNAL

A review of techniques and technologies for sand and dust storm detection

(2013) Muhammad Akhlaq et al.   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Dryness of ephemeral lakes and consequences for dust activity: The case of the Hamoun drainage basin, southeastern Iran

(2013) A. Rashki et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Successes of soil conservation in the Canadian Prairies highlighted by a historical decline in blowing dust

(2012) Thomas A Fox et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Effects of the grain-for-green program on soil erosion in China

(2012) Lei DENG et al.   International Journal of Sediment Research

Cartographic Procedure for the Analysis of Aeolian Erosion Hazard in Natural Parks (Central System, Spain)

(2012) A. M. Martínez-Graña et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Synoptic and remote sensing analysis of dust events in southwestern Iran

(2012) Azizi Ghasem et al.   NATURAL HAZARDS

Structural basis for iron piracy by pathogenic Neisseria

(2012) Nicholas Noinaj et al.   NATURE

Global-scale attribution of anthropogenic and natural dust sources and their emission rates based on MODIS Deep Blue aerosol products

(2012) Paul Ginoux et al.   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

Experimental investigation of submicron and ultrafine soot particle removal by tree leaves

(2011) Hee-Jae Hwang et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Impact of very low crop residues cover on wind erosion in the Sahel

(2011) Amadou Abdourhamane Toure et al.   CATENA

Spatial and temporal variations of dust concentrations in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia

(2011) Dulam Jugder et al.   GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

PM10 concentrations and mass transport during “Red Dawn” – Sydney 23 September 2009

(2011) John F. Leys et al.   Aeolian Research

Dust cycle: An emerging core theme in Earth system science

(2011) Yaping Shao et al.   Aeolian Research

Source characteristics of hazardous Chihuahuan Desert dust outbreaks

(2010) Nancy I. Rivera Rivera et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Combating desertification in Iran over the last 50 years: An overview of changing approaches

(2010) Farshad Amiraslani et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Increasing trend of African dust, over 49 years, in the eastern Mediterranean

(2010) Eliezer Ganor et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Impact of dust on solar photovoltaic (PV) performance: Research status, challenges and recommendations

(2010) Monto Mani et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Has the Three Norths Forest Shelterbelt Program solved the desertification and dust storm problems in arid and semiarid China?

(2009) X.M. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Asian dust transported one full circuit around the globe

(2009) Itsushi Uno et al.   Nature Geoscience

Wind erosion risk in agricultural soils under different tillage systems in the semiarid Pampas of Argentina

(2009) Mariano J. Mendez et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Benefits and well-being perceived by people visiting green spaces in periods of heat stress

(2009) Raffaele Lafortezza et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Transport routes and source regions of Asian dust observed in Korea during the past 40 years (1965–2004)

(2008) Jiyoung Kim   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Effectiveness of sand-fixing measures on desert land restoration in Kerqin Sandy Land, northern China

(2008) Yulin Li et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Why Large-Scale Afforestation Efforts in China Have Failed To Solve the Desertification Problem

(2008) Shixiong Cao   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Tropical Andean forest derives calcium and magnesium from Saharan dust

(2008) Jens Boy et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Distribution, transport, and deposition of mineral dust in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica: Contribution of major sources

(2008) Fuyu Li et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Association of respiratory tract infection symptoms and air humidity with meningococcal carriage in Burkina Faso

(2008) Judith E. Mueller et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Wind erosion of waste impoundments in arid climates and mitigation of dust pollution

(2008) G.E. Blight   WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH

A long-term experimental study of the Saharan dust presence in West Africa

(2007) A. Sunnu et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH