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The global decrease in atmospheric dust might be affecting Earth’s temperature.
The ‘Godzilla’ dust storm carried massive amounts of dust from the Sahara to the Americas in 2020, but dust levels globally have dropped since 2003. Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio
Earth’s atmosphere has become less dusty over the past couple of decades1.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02979-3
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