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Amount of dust blown across the Western U.S. is increasing
2013-06-11 02:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The amount of dust being blown across the landscape has increased over the last 17 years in large swaths of the West, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder. The escalation in dust emissions -- which may be due to the interplay of several factors, including increased windstorm frequency, drought cycles and changing land-use patterns -- has implications both for the areas where the dust is first picked up by the winds and for the places where the dust is put back down....
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