February 19, 2010 - AAAS symposium "Dust in the Earth System" 

Jointly organized by the four U.S. national committees for the Earth Sciences, and spearheaded by the USNCs for Soils and Quaternary Research, the symposium "Dust in the Earth System" was held at the AAAS Meeting in San Diego, California. 

Press from "Dust in the Earth System":
The Seattle Times (AP): 'Scientists vacuum up the data on dust'
COSMOS Magazine: 'Retreating glaciers may boost dust storms'
The Irish Times: 'Flurry of research on impact of dust on climate change'
Oneindia: 'Dust storms from Arctic may affect climate and health...'
Telegraph.co.uk: 'Increasing dust down to Icelandic glaciers'
Spiegel Online: 'The riddle of dust' (in German)
FOCUS Online: 'Melting glaciers free dust' (in German)
Hamburger Abendblatt: 'Dust from melting Arctic glaciers' (in German)
AFP (Agence France Presse): 'Desert dust affects climate and would be useful against warming' (in Spanish)

If you would like to receive a CD containing the audio and presentations, please contact BISO@nas.edu.

  Audio of Session

PowerPoint Presentations:

Karen Kohfeld
Assistant Professor
School of Resource and Environmental Management
Simon Fraser University

Daniel R. Muhs
Research Geologist
U.S. Geological Survey

Natalie Mahowald
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Cornell University

Joseph M. Prospero
Professor of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry
University of Miami

Oliver Chadwick (USNC/Soils)
Professor
Geography Department
University of California, SantaBarbara

Geoffrey S. Plumlee
Research Geochemist
U.S. Geological Survey