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How Dust Affects the World’s Health

NASA research finds that a combination of windblown dust and human-caused particle pollution was associated with nearly 3 million premature deaths in 2019.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published March 17, 2023
Data acquired March 10, 2023

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collections:
Air Quality
Applied Sciences