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Dust storms can cause rapid ecological impacts on terrestrial and marine ecosystems. This review synthesizes the event-scale ecological impacts of East Asian dust storms, focusing on dust generation, transport, deposition, and ecosystem responses. It further evaluates the strengths and limitations of current observational and modeling approaches for capturing the immediacy and destructiveness of dust storms. Future research should prioritize impact-oriented, event-scale frameworks for ecological damage assessment.
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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2024YFF1306200, 2024YFF1306204) and Research on the spatial distribution of wind and sand and their impact on the total electric field in the desert area of western China (5200-202356805A-3-8-KJ). The funders had no role in the research design, literature interpretation, manuscript preparation, or decision to submit the work for publication.
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Liu, Y., Jiang, C., Mao, R. et al. Event-scale ecological impacts of dust storms in East Asia: processes, damage, and assessment challenges.
npj Nat. Hazards (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00228-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00228-1
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