Dust

The Conversation, 16 March 2021

Over the last month, parts of Europe were hit by intense dust storms. First, a massive dust plume that originated in northeast Algeria caused reddish skies in large parts of Europe. Then, dust deposits tinted the snow-covered Pyrenees and the Alps brown.

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El Periódico de Aragón, 6 February 2021

Gran parte de la comunidad recibe una lluvia de barro debido a un frente procedente del norte de África. El fenómeno es muy visible en las pistas de esquí del valle de Benasque.

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Mossega la Poma, Podcast de tecnologia i ciència en català, 25 February 2020

Parlant de meteorologia, clima i fenòmens extrems amb Miguel Segura, investigador al Barcelona Supercomputing Center. A la segona parta notícies breus sobre vulnerabilitats a Whatsapp i sostenibilitat.

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The Watchers, 20 April 2019

Huge amounts of dust are advecting toward western Europe and the western Mediterranean this weekend, with parts of France, Spain and Italy expected to be the most impacted.

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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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