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Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS)

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Caption

Between 1985 and 2015, dust emissions from the growing Aralkum Desert almost doubled from 14 to 27 million tonnes, according to a study by the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) and the Free University of Berlin.

Credit

Dietrich Althausen, TROPOS

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