Identifying Threats and Reducing Risks of Health Damage from Dust Storms Under a Changing Climate Across the Arabian Peninsula

The MIT Joint Program is collaborating with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) to conduct numerical experiments with a high-resolution regional climate model (WRF) over the Arabian Peninsula, with the objective of assessing the environmental impacts and urban water-resource risks of a changing climate, and the benefits of mitigation and adaptation. This project is funded via the MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center.