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The link between dust movement and global warming is likely to be unique to Mars and not something that could affect Earth, the scientists added.
Don Grainger is an atmospheric physicist at Oxford University who was not affiliated with the study.
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"Unlike [on] Mars," he said, "the albedo of the Earth is governed by the occurrence of cloud and to a lesser extent by the presence of atmospheric aerosols [particles] and snow/ice cover."
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