The dust explosion pentagon is a well-known model for understanding the factors that contribute to dust fire, flash fire, and explosion incidents. Among its elements, the control of ignition sources – ...

The Journey of the World's Largest Dust Source The Sahara is the largest source of aeolian dust in the world, with annual ...

A new global weather station-based dataset developed at Michigan Technological University enables long-term, large-scale monitoring of the dust cycle. As wind shapes the surface of the Earth, it pulls ...

In Owens Valley, where water diversions by Los Angeles have dried up Owens Lake, dust rising from the dry lake bed is a longstanding problem. Now, scientists have found that dust emissions from the ...

Dust particles from central South America were the most important source of iron in the South Pacific during the last two ice ages. Dust particles from central South America were the most important ...

For decades, scientists have assumed the majority of global dust emissions came from windswept deserts in North Africa. But new analyses are upending that assumption. Two studies, published in JGR ...

You can barely see it, but the dust in our homes may be hiding something important: DNA. A forensic scientist at North Carolina State University believes that dust can be used to solve crimes. Dr.