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Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-57-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-57-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
Research article
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04 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 04 Jan 2021

Response of dust emissions in southwestern North America to 21st century trends in climate, CO2 fertilization, and land use: implications for air quality

Yang Li, Loretta J. Mickley, and Jed O. Kaplan

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Climate models predict a shift toward warmer, drier environments in southwestern North America. Under future climate, the two main drivers of dust trends play opposing roles: (1) CO2 fertilization enhances vegetation and, in turn, decreases dust, and (2) increasing land use enhances dust emissions from northern Mexico. In the worst-case scenario, elevated dust concentrations spread widely over the domain by 2100 in spring, suggesting a large climate penalty on air quality and human health.
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