Dust storms have overtaken Coachella. Researchers say it’s a sign of what’s to come

Researchers say that dust storms cost the U.S. billions of dollars annually already, and could be getting worse and more economically devastating.
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Huge dust storms sweep through Africa, Greece

A large dust storm, or haboob, moved from Libya across the Mediterranean Sea to coat the island of Crete in Greece with dust, and create apocalyptic red skies on April 1. From weather satellites, the ...
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1,000-mile Saharan dust storm, from the sky and from the ground

A massive dust storm, or haboob, swept across the Sahara Desert from western Algeria into Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara and the Canary Islands on March 30. The dust stretched for more than 1,000 ...
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Most Saharan dust is generated by 'hidden thunderstorms' high above the desert

When Saharan dust reaches the UK and Europe, as a huge country-sized cloud did over the past few days, it can transform the sky. Tiny particles drifting in the atmosphere scatter blue light while ...
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Dust storms cloud North Africa’s clean air ambitions

Across North Africa, countries are investing heavily in solar energy, attracted by some of the highest solar irradiance levels in the world. But dust storms, a persistent environmental feature of the ...