The results suggest that the radioactive dust originated in Algeria's Reggane region, but its plutonium levels didn't match ...

The study relies on prior work that analyzed dust distribution from North African sources including the Sahara. The Saharan dust cloud now darkening the U.S. Gulf Coast has made headlines for ...

More recently, in 2022, a dust storm developed over the same part of the Saharan desert and carried the dust north, making its way to parts of Europe. In this new effort, the research team ...

"That doesn't mean that it's not coming from African dust." Future studies could expand on this work by sampling before, during and after dust storms over multiple years. Sampling could also ...

On February 2, 2025, residents in southern Italy were affected by a cloud of dust transported there by a cyclone originating ...

Every year, several hundred million tons of African dust are transported across the Atlantic to the Caribbean, Central and South America. Summer storms can lift dust as high as 15,000 feet over ...

A destructive storm battered Augrabies, Northern Cape, tearing off roofs, damaging infrastructure, and leaving residents in ...

A huge cloud of Saharan dust has swept across Europe in the last few days, already hitting Italy and continuing to spread ...

a phenomenon that turns day into night and wreaks havoc everywhere from Northern China to sub-Saharan Africa. Sand and dust storms and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Sand and dust storms ...

A dust storm is likely to cause unsettled conditions ... an archipelago located off the north-west coast of Africa and part of Spain. Known for its stunning beaches, unique volcanic landscapes ...

This challenges the long-held notion that north Africa and the Middle East ... our research suggests that dust emissions ...