Airborne particulate matter from the deserts of North Africa is reaching Europe in ever-increasing quantities. This has implications for health and for solar energy installations. A comprehensive study led by the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI published in Nature shows that this type of pollution is on the rise – a trend that could be further exacerbated by climate change.

A database of daily dust metals in Europe is established and a machine learning model shows that transported dust intrusion events over the past decade are linked to changes in…

Die Staubbelastung in Europa hat von 2012 bis 2021 zugenommen, besonders in Südeuropa und der Adria-Region. Gesundheitsprobleme steigen.