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ABC4 News Monday, Mar. 18, 2024
Polluted dust linked to troubling changes in mountain lakes, USU research
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Dust isn’t the same as it always was.
Brahney leads a team of researchers who’ve recently published a study about how atmospheric dust is affecting mountain headwaters across the world. This research was the product of 15 years of work.
Modern dust contains fertilizers, pesticides and tiny plastics, said Janice Brahney, an associate professor with Utah State University’s Department of Watershed Sciences.
“What we would have thought of as what’s typically in dust is different now than it was 150 years ago,” she said, explaining that these complex compounds and materials come from agricultural sources, urban areas and industry.