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    Asian Dust (also yellow dust, yellow sand, yellow wind or China dust storms) is a meteorological phenomenon that affects much of East Asia year-round and...
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    long-transported dust from both Saharan and Asian dust storms suggesting that long-transported dust storm particles adversely affects the circulatory system. Dust pneumonia...
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    significant concentrations of dust can be carried as far as the Western United States. Areas affected by Asian dust experience decreased visibility...
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    Pollution Asian brown cloud Asian Dust Coefficient of haze Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Fog Mist Saharan Air Layer Southeast Asian haze...
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    first recorded 2,000 years ago in South Korea and China. The effects of Asian Dust Storms are respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cause of pinkeye...
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    Saharan dust (also African dust, yellow dust, yellow sand, yellow wind or Sahara dust storms) is an aeolian mineral dust from the Sahara, the largest hot...
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    on HBO's Generation Kill TV series about the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Asian dust Dust storm N'aschi El-Baz, Farouk; R.M. Makharita (1994). Gordon and Breach...
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    dust to the ocean. Asian dust originates in the Gobi Desert and reaches Korea, Japan, Taiwan (at times) and even the western US. The 2018 Indian dust...
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  • up Dust or dust in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dust consists of fine, solid particles of matter borne in the air settling onto surfaces. Dust may...
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  • Dust (elephant) (1873–1898), male Asian elephant that was kept in the National Zoo in the late 19th century Gold dust day gecko, a subspecies of geckos...
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    Seoul (redirect from Soul of Asia)
    period fell by 19 % across the country and more in Seoul and Gyeonggi. Asian dust, emissions from Seoul and in general from the rest of South Korea, as...
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    (2014). "Short-term modulation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by West Asian dust". Nature Geoscience. 7 (4): 308–313. Bibcode:2014NatGe...7..308V. doi:10...
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  • dust that is visible from a distance is known as a dust cloud, and a large dust cloud driven by a gust front is known as a dust storm. Fugitive dust particles...
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    South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula located out from the far east of the Asian landmass. The only country...
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    as parts of Southeast Asia including Vietnam and Thailand, and dust storms in March and April that affected much of East Asia. The drought has been referred...
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    Kielan-Jaworowska who led Polish-Mongolian palaeontological expeditions in the 1960s. Asian Dust Geography of Mongolia Geography of China Green Wall of China List of deserts...
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  • Kousa may refer to: Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) kousa or kōsa, known as Asian Dust Kōsa (also known as Honganji Kennyo), the leader of Ishiyama Hongan-ji...
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    400 sq mi) of grassland overtaken every year by the Gobi Desert. Each year, dust storms blow off as much as 2,000 km2 (800 sq mi) of topsoil, and the storms...
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  • Coal dust is a fine-powdered form of coal which is created by the crushing, grinding, or pulverization of coal rock. Because of the brittle nature of coal...
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    there are substantial dust deposition events in this region due to Asian Dust Storms from the Gobi desert. During these events, dust clouds transport and...
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  • down from 0 to -10 degrees Celsius. Asian Dust is a seasonal meteorological phenomenon that affects much of East Asia including South Korea sporadically...
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  • Environment portal Asian Dust Arctic haze Air pollution in India Air pollution in Delhi Chemical Equator 1997, 2006, 2009, 2013 Southeast Asian haze Srinivasan...
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  • The Book of Dust is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman, which expands his trilogy His Dark Materials. The books further chronicle the adventures...
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    Yellow dust is a phenomenon in which small sand, dust, or loess flies far away in the upper wind from deserts and loess areas in central Asia such as...
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    Pross, Jörg; Friedrich, Oliver (15 September 2022). "Intensification of Asian dust storms during the Mid-Pliocene Warm Period (3.25–2.96 Ma) documented in...
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  • list of significant dust storms. The prevalent months for a National Weather Service dust storm warning to be issued for a dust storm originating from...
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    Dust mite allergy, also known as house dust allergy, is a sensitization and allergic reaction to the droppings of house dust mites. The allergy is common...
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    Loess (section Central Asia)
    predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. Ten percent of Earth's land area is covered by loesses or similar deposits...
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    Lake Balkhash (category Endorheic lakes of Asia)
    involved about 1⁄3 of the basin. Salt dust is blown away from the dried areas, contributing to the generation of Asian dust storms, increase the soil salinity...
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  • Asia but most significantly Vietnam. It is driven by temperature differences between the East Asian continent and the Pacific Ocean. The East Asian monsoon...
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