In late-October, winds blew a long plume of silty glacial dust from the Copper River Valley over the Gulf of Alaska.
Published Nov 9, 2014
Acquired in early November 2012, these images show two dust plumes that may have had very different sources.
Published Nov 14, 2012
Researchers keep a close watch on dust storms around the Gulf of Alaska because the nutrients in that dust may affect marine ecosystems.
Published Nov 15, 2017
Acquired December 1, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust blowing off the Chugach Mountains and over the Gulf of Alaska.
Published Dec 2, 2010
When winds push dust and glacial flour into the Gulf of Alaska, they can deliver enough iron to trigger phytoplankton blooms.
Published Nov 1, 2016Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Water Dust and Haze Snow and Ice
This image from early November 2011 shows a dust plume blowing off the coast of southern Alaska.
Published Nov 3, 2011
Acquired May 4, 2011, this natural-color image shows a dust storm blowing off the Arabian Peninsula and over the Persian Gulf.
Published May 4, 2011
Acquired November 17, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust plumes blowing off the coast of Alaska.
Published Nov 19, 2010
Intense dust storms have raged across two continents in mid-March 2012.
Published Mar 22, 2012
A weather forecast for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on January 31, 2008, called for high winds and the possibility of dust storms. Two days later, the predictions came to pass—with a vengeance.
Published Feb 8, 2008
Satellite observations show how far winds normally spread North African dust particles before rain and gravity pull them down to the ocean.
Published Jan 9, 2020
While dust routinely blows across the Atlantic Ocean, scientists rarely see plumes as large and dense with particles as the one that darkened Caribbean skies in June 2020.
Published Jun 29, 2020
In April 2001, researchers watched with surprise as dust from an Asian storm crossed the Pacific and reached the eastern United States.
Published Dec 26, 2007
