Dust Storms
Earth Series: From Space to Your Plate
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Earth has an incredibly varied and ever-changing landscape—jagged mountains, arid deserts, lush rainforests, rolling wheat fields. Before NASA came on…
NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid Regions
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EMIT delivers first-of-a-kind maps of minerals in Earth’s dust-source areas, enabling scientists to model the fine particles’ role in climate…
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NASA Mission Excels at Spotting Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources
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Since launching 16 months ago, the EMIT imaging spectrometer aboard the International Space Station has shown an ability to detect…
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Satellite Data Can Help Limit the Dangers of Windblown Dust
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Dust storms present a growing threat to the health and safety of U.S. populations.
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NASA Observes Large Saharan Dust Plume Over Atlantic Ocean
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NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite observed a huge Saharan dust plume streaming over the North Atlantic Ocean, beginning on June 13.…
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