Katja Bohm’s doctoral thesis explores the study of the source regions of aeolian dust deposits, or deposits transported by wind, from periods when the global climate was warmer than today. According ...

Loess forms many hundreds of feet thick, very homogenous, deposits ... many hundreds of miles. This dust, when deposited again, forms the large plains of aeolian, fine-grained sediments.

New research has found the first evidence that large rivers control desert sands and dust in Northern China. New research published today in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews has found the ...

Instead, in Europe, paleosols developed down into the underlying layer, not on top of the dust. "In Europe, the paleosols are being embedded in the aeolian deposits. And when you are considering ...

But concentrated cosmic-dust deposits do form on Earth today through normal sedimentary processes. "There are many planetary ...

This is an electron microscope image of a dust particle rounded by eolian transport. It originated in the Sahara desert and was found in 7.2 million year old sediments in Greece. Disclaimer ...

Aristos is a Newsweek science and health reporter with the London, U.K., bureau. He is particularly focused on archaeology and paleontology, although he has covered a wide variety of topics ...

The aeolian, or wind-blown, dust’s magnetic properties are well-documented in scientific journals (here, opens new tab). A review by Maher published in the Aeolian Research journal in 2011 said ...

Large scale solar installations are usually in sunny, dry desert areas where winds can deposit layers of dust over the solar panels. Solar panels in the Mojave desert cover many kilometres.

New research published today in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews has found the first evidence that large rivers control desert sands and dust in Northern China. Northern China holds some of ...