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News Release 17-025
Dust contributes valuable nutrients to Sierra Nevada forest ecosystems
New research finding provides insight into role dust may play as ecosystems change
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Dust collectors at Shorthair Creek in NSF's Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory.
Credit: Chelsea Carey, Point Blue Conservation Science
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Excavating a rain collector buried in snow at Shorthair Creek, the highest elevation study site.
Credit: Chelsea Carey, Point Blue Conservation Science
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Transoceanic dust transported on air currents from Asia to western North America.
Credit: NASA
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Close-up of a dust collector: pan, mesh, marbles and straps to keep birds from perching.
Credit: Chelsea Carey, Point Blue Conservation Science
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Dust-collecting instruments in the Providence Watersheds, one of the study's high elevation sites.
Credit: Stephen Hart, UC Merced
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Dust collectors in the San Joaquin Experimental Forest, the study's lowest elevation research site.
Credit: Ben Lash, UC Merced
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