The skies over Europe recently took on a dramatic orange hue, leaving many residents staring in awe and sometimes confusion ...

Fine particles of dust blown from the Sahara desert in North Africa have been ... in Spain and Portugal, manifested as Storm Martinho on Friday and into the weekend. The Met Office said Saharan ...

THE MET Office has released a satellite image showing a cloud of Saharan dust particles hovering over the UK. Some may have ...

A new map published on social media by the Met Office shows a huge swathe of Saharan dust particles bound for the UK. If you recall a couple of occasions in recent years where you've stepped outside ...

When the trade winds blow across the Atlantic from the east in the early summer, they carry almost exclusively natural aerosols with them – above all Sahara dust. At other times of the year, the winds ...

She reports on justice and human rights issues. Contact her at cara.tabachnick@cbsinteractive.com The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of ...

As climate change progresses, projections suggest an increase in rainfall intensity and frequency in the region.

Desert dust represents the largest source of aerosols in the atmosphere by mass. These fine terrestrial particles emitted by wind action can be transported over varying distances. Thus, the Sahara and ...

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found. Researchers from Germany's Max Planck ...