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 ...

A powerful thunderstorm generated downburst has been blamed for the dramatic dust storm that swept through a WA town.

An “intense” Saharan dust plume is to sweep into Europe this week as sand from North Africa is blown into the Iberian peninsula and western Mediterranean. Colourful sunrises and sunsets, hazy skies, ...

"It just shows that we are connected across borders and across continents," says Copernicus scientist Mark Parrington. View ...

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This Collection invites submissions on the latest research in dust storm monitoring and forecasting, including multidisciplinary and integrative studies. We will consider original contributions ...

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