Dust Storms and Climate Change
http://www.vimeo.com/7088523
Is the recent dust storm that swept through Sydney a sign of climate change?
The images were too amazing to pass this story up. As we were doing our research, we found this interesting article saying that dust storms help decrease the affects of global warming. No scientists were named in the story, so we decided to dig deeper. Contacting various departments at UC Berkeley, we were put in contact with Charlie Koven, who had done his PhD thesis on dust and climate change. What a great find. Thanks to Skype, we were able to interview him in France, where he’s currently a postdoc.
[...] Academy of Sciences recently filed a video report about the prospects of dust storms in California (Dust Storms and Climate Change). It was filed after the recent major dust storm in Sydney, [...]
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