Airborne Dust: A Hazard to Human Health, Environment and Society

• Autores: Enric Terradellas, Slobodan Nickovic, Xiao Ye Zhang
• Localización: Boletín - Organización Meteorológica Mundial, ISSN 1014-9627, Vol. 64, Nº. 2, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Respuestas a los retos del cambio climático), págs. 44-48
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Over the last decade, the scientific community has come to realize the important impacts of airborne dust on climate, human health, the environment and various socio-economic sectors. WMO and its Members, having started implementation of monitoring, forecasting and early warning systems for airborne dust in 2004, are at the vanguard on evaluating these impacts and developing products to guide preparedness, adaptation and mitigation policies. 1 2