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[-] PearOfJudes@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I thought dust was human skin cells? What is this dust layer

[-] Unusable3151@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

mineral aerosols.

here is a recent paper trying to figure out the composition from ice core samples for a given age range and location

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37061058/

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

There's, uh, lots of different kinds of dust.

Also that one is mostly a myth.

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