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 ...

Saharan dust is expected to hit the Texas Gulf Coast by Sunday, becoming the most irritating to sensitive eyes and noses by early next week.

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 ...

The instrument, called Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT), flew to the orbital outpost aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule on July 14 and was installed on the space station's ...

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

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. ...

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations denounced the unilateral coercive measures (UCMs) as an obstacle to effective response in dealing with the menace of sand and dust storms and their far-reaching ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...