A study shows that global atmospheric dust -- microscopic airborne particles from desert dust storms -- has a slight overall cooling effect on the planet that has hidden the full amount of warming ...

Dust plays a major role in the formation of ice in the atmosphere. A new analysis of satellite data, published in Science, shows that dust can cause a cloud’s water droplets to freeze at warmer ...

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 ...

It’s no secret that humans have made big changes to Earth and its atmosphere. But as greenhouse gases have built up in the air and our planet’s average surface temperature has risen, a lesser-known ...

First, the model of electrostatic force is demonstrated. As depicted in Fig. 1, dominated by the photoelectron effect induced by solar ultraviolet and x-ray radiation, the spacecraft and lunar ...