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Nature 434, 816-819 (14 April 2005) | doi:10.1038/434816a; Published online 13 April 2005

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Climate science:  The dustiest place on Earth

Jim Giles1

  1. Jim Giles is a reporter for Nature, based in London.

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Dust clouds can cool the Earth and halt hurricanes. But the world's biggest dust source was until recently a war zone. Jim Giles joins one of the few research teams to make the trip.

Midday, near Chicha, northern Chad. It's the dustiest time of day in the dustiest place on Earth.

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