Rising dust pollution across Europe in a changing climate

Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10743-wA database of daily dust metals in Europe is established and a machine learning model shows that transported dust intrusion events over the past decade are linked to…

Nature, Published online: 15 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10743-w

A database of daily dust metals in Europe is established and a machine learning model shows that transported dust intrusion events over the past decade are linked to changes in atmospheric circulation, while an ice core shows that the increase in dust since pre-industrial times is governed by increasing aridity in North Africa..