Current climate models have so far been unable to adequately reproduce the clouds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

In October of 1957, the USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite into orbit around Earth. Today, we're combining ...

Big outbreaks of Saharan dust – tens of millions of tons of mineral dust hoisted from the sands of North Africa into the ...

A simple dust grain brought back from asteroid Ryugu is shaking up certain certainties. A rare mineral, djerfisherite, was ...

In the week ahead, strong winds from the Sahara Desert will pick up its mineral dust, and the jetstream will carry it more than 5,000 miles west to the U.S.

What is Saharan dust? Saharan dust is made up of sand and mineral particles swept up from 3.5 million square miles of Africa's Sahara Desert. Also called the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) by the ...

Dust from the Sahara is threatening Europe’s solar energy plans by blocking sunlight and confusing prediction models. As ...

Exposure to fine mineral dust is linked to an increased risk of Valley fever, an infectious disease caused by inhaling spores of the fungus Coccidioides immitis. This risk is particularly high ...

In clouds in the mid- to upper atmosphere where temperatures are between 32 and minus 36 F (0 to minus 38 C), ice crystals normally form around mineral dust particles from dry soils or biological ...

Why a plume of Saharan dust arriving in Houston is actually a good thing for hurricane season. The mineral particles don't just make skies hazy and give sunsets an orange glow. ...

But it's still dust. Particulate matter is not good for human lungs. "Saharan dust lowers air quality by increasing the concentration of mineral dust, things like silica and quartz," Dr. Samuel ...

The dust eventually reaches the United States, often reaching the southern states, including Texas. While the Saharan dust travels across the Atlantic, it is also linked to lower tropical activity.