Tom Gill
@tomgillpredicts
Dust Tweeter! Professor/Scientist @UTEP educator, futurist,Predictor,humorist,human rights defender,thoughtprovoker #aerosols #drylands #aeolian #DisabledInSTEM
Tobias et al., Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health: Overview of Current Limitations and Challenges in Data and Methods for Assessing the Health Effects of Sand and Dust Storms under the Climate Change Scenario doi.org/10.1016/j.coes…
2) and wait a few hours or a day after Dollar Store visit for your info to filter thru the data sharing network (for them to learn that you’re poor and shop at dollar stores). Also don’t log into your delta account while booking- book a ticket from guest account without entering…
Hot tip I learned—shop at a Dollar Store or other discount stores (with cookies active) before you buy airline tickets with Delta Airlines (soon to start individualized surveillance pricing). Using incognito mode may not help much because Delta knows who you are as a passenger.
You’ve planned and saved for months to take your family on that dream vacation. You buy amusement park tickets. Then, you go to buy the flights, except all of a sudden… the price has skyrocketed. Why? Because your airline knows you just purchased those tickets.
Gong et al., Atmosphere: Dust Aerosol Classification in Northwest China Using CALIPSO Data and an Enhanced 1D U-Net Network doi.org/10.3390/atmos1…
Li and Zhang, Scientific Reports: Characterization and regional variations in the mineralogical maturity of aeolian sands in northern China doi.org/10.1038/s41598…
It might look to the naked eye like sweat springs out in round droplets. But a new study shows it rises, soaks our outermost layer of skin and then forms nearly flat drops and puddles. sciencenews.org/article/how-sw…
Smoke from #wildfires in southern Greece clearly seen drifting south over the Med Sea. Meanwhile, a large dust plume is moving northeast from Tunisia and Libya toward Sicily and southern Italy. A classic summer collision of fire and dust in the region. 🛰 @eumetsat ✂️@zoom_earth
Smoke covers parts of Türkiye, Greece, Cyprus and the central Med. Multiple #wildfires + wind = a wide haze layer over land and sea. You can clearly see how fast fire-born particles spread beyond fire zones — and that’s the real concern🔥🌍 🛰Meteosat @eumetsat ✂️Via @zoom_earth
Lee et al., Asia-Pac. J. Atmos. Sci.: Impact of Assimilating GEMS Aerosol Optical Depth on Asian Dust Storm Prediction: Comparative Assessment with MODIS Observation. doi.org/10.1007/s13143…
Chen et al., Geomorphology: Tentative quantification of the provenances of aeolian sands in the Wulanbuhe Desert of northwestern China: Insights from geochemical and grain size analysis of sediment samples doi.org/10.1016/j.geom…
McHale et al., Environ. Geochem. & Health: Increased human health risks at a legacy mine site: copper and lead bioaccessibility of oxidised tailings. doi.org/10.1007/s10653…
Deanes et al., Air Quality Atmosphere & Health: Relation of wind direction and coal terminal activity patterns with air pollution burden in a community bordering a coal export terminal, Curtis Bay, Maryland, USA. doi.org/10.1007/s11869…
Yang et al., Remote Sensing: Contributions of Dust and Non-Dust Weather to Dust Emissions: A Case Study from the Central Taklimakan Desert. doi.org/10.3390/rs1714…
Riabova, Izvestiya Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics: Aerosol Pollution of the Atmosphere (Review): Part 1. Sources, Chemical Composition, and Quantity of Natural Primary Aerosol Particles and Their Impact on Human Health doi.org/10.1134/S00014…
So far this year El Paso County, Texas has been under 47 Blowing Dust Advisories, 21 Dust Storm Advisories, and 20 Dust Storm Warnings. I suspect that could be some sort of record. Oh, and yes, El Paso got hit by another haboob tonight. #txwx
Zhu et al., ACP: Asian dust transport of proteinaceous matter from the Gobi Desert to northern China doi.org/10.5194/acp-25…
340pm Radar Update: Looking at the Tularosa Basin, a cluster of thunderstorms is producing heavy rainfall west of US-54 and produced a gusty outflow heading south towards Holloman AFB and Alamogordo. Blowing dust and lowered visibility can be seen in this area.
If, they say, "your body is a temple," then today I feel like I'm encased within the Temple of Doom.
Swathi et al., STOTEN: Investigating dust storm dynamics and lightning interactions using Weather Research Forecasting-Chemistry (WRF-CHEM) model over India doi.org/10.1016/j.scit…
Congratulations to my student Germán Rodríguez on successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation today- focusing on some aspects of the interactions between dust particles and sunlight.
If you're interested in attending the next International Conference on Aeolian Research, 13-17 July 2026 in Swakopmund, Namibia, please register your interest here! geog.ox.ac.uk/events/icar202…