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UC-Riverside: Drought Increases Microbe-Laden Dust Landing in Sierras
August 09, 2022
RIVERSIDE, California, Aug. 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news:

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Dirty transport brings pathogens from around the world

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Dust from all over the world is landing in the Sierra Nevada mountains carrying microbes that are toxic to both plants and humans.

Research from UC Riverside shows higher concentrations of the dust are landing at lower elevations, where people are more . . .

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