Dust

La Provincia - Diario de las Palmas, 27 January 2019

Alumnos del CEO Ignacio Aldecoa, en La Graciosa, y el IES Yaiza participan en un proyecto pionero de recogida de datos sobre partículas de polvo en suspensión.

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Platinum, November 2018

Two projects dealing with specific tangible problems linked with airborne dusts. It is possible to avoid volcanic dusts, after an eruption, paralizing air flights, as happened with the eruption in Iceland in 2010? Or that this happens due to radiactive dusts possibly released by a nuclear incident? And again, how can the bad effects of desert dusts, mainly of Sahara origin (allergies, pollution, photovoltaic panels with working problems just to mention a few) be mitigated?

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UN News, 16 July 2018

In other media: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) News

From higher morbidity and mortality rates to reduced economic growth, the impact of sand and dust storms can be major, especially for lower-income nations and vulnerable communities. However, with stronger collaboration and improved information-sharing, much of the risk could be managed and mitigated, a UN meeting heard on Monday.

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El Matí de Barcelona, Betevé (radio), 29 May 2018

Carlos Pérez, del Barcelona Supercomputing Center, ha parlat del paper de la pols mineral a ‘El matí de Barcelona’. L'Atlas interacciona amb la massa d'aire sahariana i hi injecta la pols en altura. Malgrat els inconvenients i efectes a la salut humana, la pols del desert també té propietats beneficioses pel fet d'actuar com a fertilitzant. La primavera i l'estiu són les estacions en les quals són més habituals els episodis de pols mineral en suspensió.

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World Meteorological Organization, 25 May 2018

The heads of the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Environment and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have launched a new global coalition on health, environment and climate change. One of its overall goals is to reduce the annual 12.6 million deaths caused by environmental risks, and especially air pollution.

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Seguros, 1 April 2018

AXA de Todo Corazón, la organización de voluntariado de la aseguradora, ha cumplido 20 años en España. En este periodo, la asociación ha apoyado a los colectivos más desfavorecidos, especialmente relacionados con la discapacidad.

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El Español, 27 March 2018

El tiempo en Semana Santa concede la primera tregua y la práctica totalidad de España disfrutará de cielos despejados y de aumento de las temperaturas entre el martes y el miércoles, con excepción del norte del País Vasco y Navarra, y franjas del norte de los Pirineos, informa la Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET).

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European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) website, 19 March 2018

COST Management Committee member, Carlos Perez Garcia-Pando has been selected by NASA to take part in a top international project; the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT).

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MeteoWorld, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), March 2018

In other media: AEMET Notícias

The League of Arab States (LAS), with support from WMO and the Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA), organized a meeting of the Technical and Scientific Committee for the Arab Climate Outlook Forum (ArabCOF) in Cairo, Egypt, from 13 to 14 February, followed by a training workshop on sand and dust storms (SDS) in the Arab Region. The meeting addressed issues related to institutional, financial and technical aspects of the climate outlook and made decisions and recommendations to be submitted to the Permanent Committee for Meteorology of the LAS.

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La opinión de Murcia, 29 January 2018

In other media: La Verdad

La culpa la tiene la borrasca que ha dejado importantes lluvias y nieve este fin de semana en la Región. La dana se ha desplazado a las costas de Marruecos y desde allí está bombeando viento del sur, que levanta polvo y arena del desierto del Sahara, según explica el portavoz de la Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet), Luis Bañón.

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