Robert Bryant
@sheffielddust.bsky.social
Earth Observation, Landscape Change, Fire, Air Quality, Geomorphology, Ephemeral Lakes and Dust. @sheffielduni. Dad, husband- Views my own. #guitars #orienteering #FirstGen
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An astonishing storm turned day into night in General Villegas, #Argentina. 🌑
On Saturday (11/15/2025), a massive #storm front plunged the afternoon into darkness within seconds, as dense clouds swept over the city, shocking residents with its intensity.🤯⛈️
On Saturday (11/15/2025), a massive #storm front plunged the afternoon into darkness within seconds, as dense clouds swept over the city, shocking residents with its intensity.🤯⛈️
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
An astonishing storm turned day into night in General Villegas, #Argentina. 🌑
On Saturday (11/15/2025), a massive #storm front plunged the afternoon into darkness within seconds, as dense clouds swept over the city, shocking residents with its intensity.🤯⛈️
On Saturday (11/15/2025), a massive #storm front plunged the afternoon into darkness within seconds, as dense clouds swept over the city, shocking residents with its intensity.🤯⛈️
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🛰️🌍💨
Very windy this morning over all Patagonia, with #highlatitudedust activity spanning +900km. Let's see how this evolves through the day.
@aerosolwatch.bsky.social @mparrington.bsky.social @sheffielddust.bsky.social
Very windy this morning over all Patagonia, with #highlatitudedust activity spanning +900km. Let's see how this evolves through the day.
@aerosolwatch.bsky.social @mparrington.bsky.social @sheffielddust.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🛰️🌍💨
Very windy this morning over all Patagonia, with #highlatitudedust activity spanning +900km. Let's see how this evolves through the day.
@aerosolwatch.bsky.social @mparrington.bsky.social @sheffielddust.bsky.social
Very windy this morning over all Patagonia, with #highlatitudedust activity spanning +900km. Let's see how this evolves through the day.
@aerosolwatch.bsky.social @mparrington.bsky.social @sheffielddust.bsky.social
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@sheffielddust.bsky.social
#highlatitudedust event in Central Patagonia a few days ago as seen by MODIS Terra and Sentinel 2.
#highlatitudedust event in Central Patagonia a few days ago as seen by MODIS Terra and Sentinel 2.
October 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
@sheffielddust.bsky.social
#highlatitudedust event in Central Patagonia a few days ago as seen by MODIS Terra and Sentinel 2.
#highlatitudedust event in Central Patagonia a few days ago as seen by MODIS Terra and Sentinel 2.
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Once again 🌬, #dust flows inland from the Mediterranean near Derna — flipping the usual S→N pattern. These repeats hint that shifting pressure & heat 🔥 contrasts aren’t just quirks. 🌍 When rare flows return this soon, the #climate signal gets louder.
🛰Meteosat @eumetsat.int
✂️Visualized @zoom.earth
🛰Meteosat @eumetsat.int
✂️Visualized @zoom.earth
August 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Once again 🌬, #dust flows inland from the Mediterranean near Derna — flipping the usual S→N pattern. These repeats hint that shifting pressure & heat 🔥 contrasts aren’t just quirks. 🌍 When rare flows return this soon, the #climate signal gets louder.
🛰Meteosat @eumetsat.int
✂️Visualized @zoom.earth
🛰Meteosat @eumetsat.int
✂️Visualized @zoom.earth
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A striking blend of smoke and #SaharanDust streaming over the Med, #wildfires in Spain & Portugal feeding thick plumes, merging with airborne #dust from North Africa. The result? A murky, hazy layer stretching across southern #Europe. A vivid reminder of how multiple crises can collide in our skies.
August 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A striking blend of smoke and #SaharanDust streaming over the Med, #wildfires in Spain & Portugal feeding thick plumes, merging with airborne #dust from North Africa. The result? A murky, hazy layer stretching across southern #Europe. A vivid reminder of how multiple crises can collide in our skies.
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A compact dust vortex formed over Algeria’s Adrar region — likely driven by intense surface heating and weak low-level cyclonic flow. These mesoscale dust spirals aren’t common, but in summer Saharan setups like this, they reveal just how dynamic "still" deserts can be.
🛰 @eumetsat.int
✂️ @zoom.earth
🛰 @eumetsat.int
✂️ @zoom.earth
July 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A compact dust vortex formed over Algeria’s Adrar region — likely driven by intense surface heating and weak low-level cyclonic flow. These mesoscale dust spirals aren’t common, but in summer Saharan setups like this, they reveal just how dynamic "still" deserts can be.
🛰 @eumetsat.int
✂️ @zoom.earth
🛰 @eumetsat.int
✂️ @zoom.earth
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A #DustStorm from Sudan sweeps across the Red Sea🌬🌊, reaching near Saudi shores. Driven by strong desert winds, this plume impacts marine and coastal #AirQuality, alters solar radiation, and plays a role in regional climate dynamics.
🛰Meteosat @eumetsat.int
✂️Visualized @zoom.earth
🛰Meteosat @eumetsat.int
✂️Visualized @zoom.earth
July 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
A #DustStorm from Sudan sweeps across the Red Sea🌬🌊, reaching near Saudi shores. Driven by strong desert winds, this plume impacts marine and coastal #AirQuality, alters solar radiation, and plays a role in regional climate dynamics.
🛰Meteosat @eumetsat.int
✂️Visualized @zoom.earth
🛰Meteosat @eumetsat.int
✂️Visualized @zoom.earth
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We often hear about #airpollution from wildfires in North America and southern Europe but fires in the UK are less studied.
My latest piece for @theguardian.com on the impacts of moorland fires.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My latest piece for @theguardian.com on the impacts of moorland fires.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Researchers create system to log air quality impacts of moorland fires
Peak District pilot scheme combines satellite data with sensors on the ground to measure particle pollution
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We often hear about #airpollution from wildfires in North America and southern Europe but fires in the UK are less studied.
My latest piece for @theguardian.com on the impacts of moorland fires.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My latest piece for @theguardian.com on the impacts of moorland fires.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Lots of fun with students along the Holderness coast a week or so back. It’s well-studied for a reason.
May 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Lots of fun with students along the Holderness coast a week or so back. It’s well-studied for a reason.
Orienteering in the Lakes last weekend. Glorious + ticks
May 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Orienteering in the Lakes last weekend. Glorious + ticks
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A huge smoke plume from the fires in Manitoba, Canada, a week ago, which advected over Europe in the past few days (see 18 May image), is already over Asia today – well captured by the Met-12 (MTG) True Colour RGB (see 20 May image), via @inorbitivan.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A huge smoke plume from the fires in Manitoba, Canada, a week ago, which advected over Europe in the past few days (see 18 May image), is already over Asia today – well captured by the Met-12 (MTG) True Colour RGB (see 20 May image), via @inorbitivan.bsky.social
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On MAY 07, 2025,🛰satellite @eumetsat.int Meteosat-IODC detected a massive plume of #dust💨 moving off the coast of Africa, born from a storm far inland.
This astonishing animation shows a Saharan dust storm moving over the west coast of #Africa over to the Atlantic Ocean💨🌊
📊Processed in @zoom.earth
This astonishing animation shows a Saharan dust storm moving over the west coast of #Africa over to the Atlantic Ocean💨🌊
📊Processed in @zoom.earth
May 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
On MAY 07, 2025,🛰satellite @eumetsat.int Meteosat-IODC detected a massive plume of #dust💨 moving off the coast of Africa, born from a storm far inland.
This astonishing animation shows a Saharan dust storm moving over the west coast of #Africa over to the Atlantic Ocean💨🌊
📊Processed in @zoom.earth
This astonishing animation shows a Saharan dust storm moving over the west coast of #Africa over to the Atlantic Ocean💨🌊
📊Processed in @zoom.earth
April 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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This is what illegal ‘selective’ logging in Peru’s rainforest looks like. Locating and identifying illegal logging is resource-heavy and dangerous but @granthamcsf.bsky.social researchers have developed tech to track it in near real time by spotting subtle changes in the rainforest canopy... 1/2
April 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This is what illegal ‘selective’ logging in Peru’s rainforest looks like. Locating and identifying illegal logging is resource-heavy and dangerous but @granthamcsf.bsky.social researchers have developed tech to track it in near real time by spotting subtle changes in the rainforest canopy... 1/2
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That danged haboob is spawning additional haboobs! Haboobs on top of haboobs! Attn @sheffielddust.bsky.social @wisc-satellite.bsky.social @aerosolwatch.bsky.social et al.
April 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
That danged haboob is spawning additional haboobs! Haboobs on top of haboobs! Attn @sheffielddust.bsky.social @wisc-satellite.bsky.social @aerosolwatch.bsky.social et al.
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Interested in using behavioural science to tackle pollution? I'm advertising a fully-funded interdisciplinary PhD project at the Uni of Sheffield with @sheffielddust.bsky.social & Darpan Das (Uni of York), to start Sep 2025. Application deadline 4th April! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PsySciSky
ECOSOLUTIONS - Earth, Fire, Wind and Water: Understanding and reducing pollution caused by domestic solid fuel burning in urban environments. at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ECOSOLUTIONS - Earth, Fire, Wind and Water: Understanding and reducing pollution caused by domestic solid fuel burning in urban environments. at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAP...
www.findaphd.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Interested in using behavioural science to tackle pollution? I'm advertising a fully-funded interdisciplinary PhD project at the Uni of Sheffield with @sheffielddust.bsky.social & Darpan Das (Uni of York), to start Sep 2025. Application deadline 4th April! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PsySciSky
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Got quoted today in the New York Times, here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/w...
How Dust From Texas Ends Up on Your Windshield in Des Moines (Gift Article)
Rare back-to-back wind events have spread dust from the Southwest across the eastern U.S. and Canada.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Got quoted today in the New York Times, here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/w...
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Windblown dust has heavy economic consequences, according to a new analysis by Daniel Tong @georgemasonu.bsky.social, @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social, & others. Story by @virginiagewin.bsky.social 🧪
Will Its $154 Billion Price Tag Keep Dust from Being Swept Under the Rug? - Eos
Data from 2017 show that costs associated with dust were second only to hurricanes when comparing billion-dollar disasters.
eos.org
March 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Windblown dust has heavy economic consequences, according to a new analysis by Daniel Tong @georgemasonu.bsky.social, @tomgillpredicts.bsky.social, & others. Story by @virginiagewin.bsky.social 🧪