Yinon Mazar

TL;DR: It is shown, for the first time, that dust storms from different sources display distinct bacterial communities, suggesting possible diverse effects on the environment and public health.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a recently developed approach to retrieve the time and spectral-dependent optical properties of ambient biomass-burning aerosols from 300 to 650nm wavelengths during a regional nighttime bonfire festival in Israel.

TL;DR: It is concluded that dust storms enrich the ambient airborne microbiome with new soil-derived bacteria that disappear as the dust settles, suggesting that the bacteria are transported attached to the dust particles.

TL;DR: The first quantification of the entire PBOACOARSE mass and its main sources is presented by analyzing size-segregated filter samples collected during the summer and winter at the rural site of Payerne (Switzerland), representing a continental Europe background environment.

TL;DR: During the first 12h of exposure, the allergenic potency of the fungal allergen A. fumigatus in polluted urban environments is expected to increase, and additional work is needed in order to determine if this behavior occurs for other allergens.