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in the rate of cosmic dust accumulation between glacial and inter-glacial periods, as well as the helium isotope characteristics of this dust stuff. What they figured out was the fact that the accumulation of cosmic dust did not change very much as the Earth emerged from the last great Ice Age and entered the current warming period. They say this is a fact that is likely to bolster the use of cosmic dust measuring techniques for the futuristic and scientific climate studies, so it's good to know that scientists are keeping up with the dust.

In addition to all this stuff about dust, this study was the first to examine both cosmic and terrestrial dust using the same helium-isotope technique, and as a result, they also found that the composition of mineral dust particles carried by wind from the southern confiners to Antarctica change considerably as the Earth's climate changed, which explains a lot of things about dust to me. The project was reported to be supported by The Science and Education Foundation, and the information I found was apparently adapted from information provided by The Earth Institute of Columbia University, by people who know a lot more about space dust than me. Still, there are even more who choose to study dust, scientifically, which is no longer surprising to me.

Another study was documented in, "The Global Iron Connections Between Desert Dust, Ocean Bio-geochemistry and Climate," by authors who include Robert Duce, described online as, "The distinguished Professor of Oceanography and Atmospheric Science at Texas A & M, or as we say in the Lone Star State, "Those Aggies." In this study Robert Duce concluded that dust, and especially the iron in the dust, could have a global impact on the Earth far greater than anyone has ever dared to believe. He claims that dust which contains iron is being swept up into the sky from large, arid and desert areas like mine, and eventually lands in the ocean, he says. He also claims that it's not like just a bit of dust, but desert areas occupy about one third of the Earth and once it reaches the ocean, iron filled dust dissolves, and according to Duce, "This iron can then start a chain reaction of events in large areas of the ocean where it's the limiting nutrient."

What does that mean? I'll let Robert Duce explain. "Ocean plants growing in the area can be affected and, depending on the amount of iron present, the entire biological productivity of the region can be impacted." I don't know what you think,

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