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Lethal dust storms blanket Asia every spring — now AI could help predict them

As the annual phenomenon once again strikes East Asia, scientists are hard at work to better predict how they will affect people.
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  1. Xiaoying You

    1. Xiaoying You is a writer based in London.

With the arrival of the Northern Hemisphere spring, many Asian countries are facing an annual problem: dust storms.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-01076-7

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