The Journey of the World's Largest Dust Source The Sahara is the largest source of aeolian dust in the world, with annual ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Right now, Florida is under a dense blob of Saharan dust, making for hazy skies and itchy throats. This dust – and the associated dry air in the cloud layer – pretty much shut ...

HAVANA — Each summer, microscopic dust particles kicked up by African sandstorms blow thousands of miles across the Atlantic to arrive in the Caribbean, limiting airplane pilots' visibility to just a ...

Every summer, weather forecasters blast news about African dust plumes crossing the southern United States. And to most people, it’s just dust — to researchers at Texas A&M University, it’s much more.

It's not uncommon this time of year to see the normal, bright blue summer skies in Houston to turn a bit hazy or downright dusty looking. And that's exactly what it is: Dust, kicked up by ...

Dust blown off the west coast of Africa is tracking westward in the Atlantic. The plume of light brown/tan colors on the GOES-East satellite show where the thickest areas of dust exist from the middle ...

The first plume of Saharan dust made its way to Florida earlier this week, bringing beautiful sunrises and sunsets across much of the southeast. Now, as we head through the upcoming weekend and into ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The African dust cloud blowing into Houston from the Sahara Desert will have some of you sniffling this weekend. But the right air conditioning filters to keep the dust out of ...

As I type this on Friday morning, there is a high likelihood that you have already seen social media posts of “African dust” sunrises or sunsets. You have also likely seen references to Godzilla or ...

MIAMI, FLORIDA, (September 18, 2013)—You might find it hard to believe that dust clouds from the African Sahara can travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean, but it does every year and in ...

A beautiful sunset over the Atlantic off the Florida coast, or an orangey glow in the Texas sky at dusk may be caused by dust from West Africa, according to researchers who are looking at the paths of ...