From analyzing dust concentrations in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and millions of birth outcomes, researchers find that small increases in dust lead to large increases in infant mortality. Marshall Burke and Sam Heft-Neal from Stanford's Center on Food Security and the Environment consider an innovative solution using sprinklers and groundwater to reduce dust that blows from the Sahara to population centers.
The Center on Food Security and the Environment is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.