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Will Global Warming Bring a Change in the Winds? Dust from the Deep Sea Provides a Clue.
A new study traces three-million-year-old winds to help predict future circulation patterns.
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Study Pinpoints Process That Eases Drying in Drylands
Climate change is making drylands drier, but scientists have identified a natural process that helps to ease the loss of surface water in arid areas.
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Evolving Landscape Added Fuel to Gobi Desert’s High-Speed Winds
A new study uncovers a previously undocumented relationship between erosion and wind speed.
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Climate Conditions Help Forecast Meningitis Outbreaks
Wind and dust conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa Africa could help predict a meningitis epidemic, according to a new research by NASA GISS and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society.

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