In recent decades, changes that human activities have wrought in Earth's life support system
have worried many people. The human population has doubled in the past 40 years and is …

This paper presents a review of bulk compositional data of northern African dust and its
potential source sediments and includes elemental, isotope and mineralogical data …

Atmospheric deposition is considered to be a major process that removes pollutants from the
atmosphere and an important source of nutrients and contaminants for ecosystems. Trace …

Suspended sediments from 34 major rivers (geographically widespread) and 36 glacial
meltwater streams have been examined for their variations in different operationally-defined …

Multiproxy analyses were performed on core MS27PT recovered in hemipelagic sediments
deposited on the Nile margin in order to reconstruct Nile River palaeohydrological …

An open flow reactor is used to simulate the dissolution process of mineral aerosol particles
in atmospheric water droplets. Data on dissolution kinetic and solubility are provided for the …

Concentration levels of total suspended particles (TSP) and 27 major, minor and trace
elemental components were determined at four sites in Kosovo through a 1-year survey …

Dust plays an important role in climate, recognition of which has led to a concentrated
research effort in field campaigns, development and analysis of remotely sensed data, and …

Abstract With 24 million inhabitants and 6.6 million vehicles on the roads, Karachi, Pakistan
ranks among the world's most polluted cities due to high levels of fine particulate matter (PM …

During the past 20 years, organized experimental campaigns as well as continuous
development and implementation of air-pollution modeling have led to significant gains in …