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Florida researcher to study high-altitude dust for health risks

2013-12-06 23:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A Florida researcher is preparing to test massive dust storms in the upper atmosphere that roll in from Africa to see whether pathogens raining down on the state could be responsible for plant, animal or human disease. University of Florida aerobiologist Andrew Schuerger said his air sampling device mounted under the wing of an F-104 Starfighter jet is the first capable of capturing particles directly from the clouds which drop 50 million metric tons of dust a year on U.S. soil. "It's plausible...

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