March often brings an increase in dust storms to East Asia, and 2008 proved no exception. In early March 2008, the characteristic “yellow dust” from the Gobi Desert blew eastward over the Beijing region, the Yellow Sea, and North and South Korea.
Published Mar 4, 2008
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
A ribbon of tan dust extends across the North China Plain and over the Yellow Sea towards the Korean peninsula in this natural color image from March 12, 2010.
Published Mar 15, 2010
Acquired at 1:50 p.m. Beijing time, this natural-color image shows an intensified dust storm blowing through the Gobi.
Published Nov 10, 2010
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
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