These fine particles can do significant harm to transport networks, farming and even human health.
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Rising temperatures and shifting winds are changing how dust travels from the Sahara to Europe.
A rover recently captured sounds of lightning crackling on Mars, over a decade after scientists uncovered the first evidence for electric discharges on the planet.
Some in China are blaming Mongolia for the dust storms they are experiencing. But what are the real causes?
Satellite images show how a dust storm from drought-affected SA travelled across to Sydney. New research seeks to improve Australia’s understanding of dust storms.
New research reveals our understanding of dust’s role in the environment is far from settled.
Desert dust storms are increasingly picking up materials like sewage, herbicides and other human-made waste and transporting them on tiny particles that are easy to inhale.
The first ever sound recording of a dust devil on Mars reminds us that there is a lot to learn about how they sculpt the landscape.
Atmospheric dust storms often follow wildfires and have serious impacts on human health and ecology.
If the world overshoots its climate targets, drought could cause dryland areas to expand by a quarter and encompass half the Earth’s land area, threatening lives and livelihoods.
Monsoons are weather patterns that bring thunderstorms and heavy rains to hot, dry areas when warm, moist ocean air moves inland. They’re challenging to forecast, especially in a changing climate.
It was tiny dust that turned the sky orange.
Dust storms are not unusual, but intense ones have a wide range negative impacts upon multiple socioeconomic sectors. How do we address them?
Soil loss in South Africa can have a negative impact on air quality and food security.
The haze now engulfing Sydney isn’t an isolated problem. Cities around the world struggle to manage the many sources of tiny airborne particles and the discomfort and illnesses these cause.
Dust storms look spectacular but are a serious health hazard. As climate change dries up many areas of the world, what can we expect from these storms in future?
Even as the dust storm over NSW subsides, the unseen fine particles outside, or even inside your house, can still present a health risk.
As grassland turns to desert, dust is blown into the atmosphere and across oceans.
The dust storm that turned Sydney red in 2009 triggered plankton blooms in the Tasman Sea, demonstrating how we might fertilise the ocean to take up more carbon dioxide.
Being perched off the northwest edge of Europe means that people in the UK are not often reminded of the vast Sahara desert situated only a few thousand miles to the south. This great desert is located…
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