We review the major features of desert dust outbreaks that are relevant to the assessment of
dust impacts upon human health. Our ultimate goal is to provide scientific guidance for the …

Risks associated with dust hazards are often underappreciated, a gap between the
knowledge pool and public awareness that can be costly for impacted communities. This …

Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …

Biochar and chemical fertilizer have been widely used in agriculture. Most studies have
proved that they not only alter soil nutrient content, but also have an impact on soil microbial …

This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a
strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis …

Establishing mineral dust impacts on Earth's systems requires numerical models of the dust
cycle. Differences between dust optical depth (DOD) measurements and modelling the cycle …

Aim Ecological communities that exist closer together in space are generally more
compositionally similar than those far apart, as defined by the distance–decay of similarity …

Dispersal is a critical yet poorly understood factor underlying macroecological patterns in
microbial communities. Airborne microbial transport is assumed to occupy a central role in …

The anterior nares are an important reservoir for opportunistic pathogens and commensal
microorganisms. A barcoded I llumina paired‐end sequencing method targeting the 16 S …

Processes influencing the transport of airborne bacterial communities in the atmosphere are
poorly understood. Here, we report comprehensive and quantitative evidence of the key …