If you've lived here even a short time, you know the drill: One moment, the sky is clear. The next, visibility drops to zero as a massive dust storm engulfs the landscape. During the monsoon, a wall ...

The ominous haze that made its way to Columbus last weekend isn’t going away yet, and dust from the Sahara Desert is about to add to it. The tinted orange lighting and hazy conditions are a trace of ...

The Journey of the World's Largest Dust Source The Sahara is the largest source of aeolian dust in the world, with annual ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert is currently moving across the Atlantic Ocean, which could make skies in the South hazy during early June. The Sahara Desert in North Africa spans more than 3.5 million ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Each year, as the Atlantic hurricane season begins, one consistent and powerful atmospheric feature makes its presence known: dust. Not just any dust, but vast plumes originating from ...

Mars has long been pictured as a cold, quiet desert, its famous dust storms more cinematic backdrop than active player in the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Sahara Desert is the world's largest hot desert and third-largest desert overall behind Antarctica and the Arctic. The Sahara spans over 3.5 million square miles across North ...

A violent weekend dust storm wreaked havoc on the annual Burning Man festival as it swept through Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, but organizers reopened gates Monday to festivalgoers amid new threats of ...

Boise State University physics professor Brian Jackson brought a team of scientists to the Alvord Desert in southeast Oregon in June 2024 to study dust devils — small whirling cyclones of dust that ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Most summers, dust from the Saharan Desert makes its way into Central Texas and creates beautiful sunrises and sunsets. But the dust can also create health problems for some people ...