Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, economies and the environment, the U.N. World Meteorological Organization says.
Environment
Jul 12, 2025
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On February 8, 2024, NASA launched its PACE climate satellite with the Dutch aerosol instrument SPEXone onboard. A full year of observations now yields a world map of aerosols.
Earth Sciences
Feb 7, 2025
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An international team of climate scientists has found that dust brought to parts of Europe in 2022 from the Saharan desert was slightly radioactive, but its source was not from French nuclear bomb testing back in the 1960s. ...
On December 24th, AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US power company AES Corporation, submitted a project for a massive industrial complex for environmental impact assessment. This complex threatens the pristine skies above ...
Astronomy
Jan 10, 2025
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The Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of a plume of Saharan dust as winds lofted it over the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 24, 2024.
Planetary Sciences
Aug 30, 2024
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Arid Central Asia is an important dust source in the northern hemisphere, which has a significant impact on the ecological environment of Central Asia, Northwest China and even the East Asian monsoon region. The Kyzylkum ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2024
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Central Asian dust has a significant impact on regional and global climate, and it is crucial for the balance of local ecosystems, socio-economic development, and human health.
Earth Sciences
Jun 24, 2024
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Dust deposited on a glacier's surface can reduce the albedo of the ice and increase absorption efficiency of solar radiation, which has a significant impact on glacier melting and global climate change.
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2023
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Humans have contended with dust storms for thousands of years, ever since early civilizations appeared in the Middle East and North Africa. But modern desert dust storms are different from their preindustrial counterparts.
Earth Sciences
Sep 18, 2023
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A new study shows that global atmospheric dust—microscopic airborne particles from desert dust storms—has a slight overall cooling effect on the planet that has hidden the full amount of warming caused by greenhouse gases.
Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2023
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