Changing winds and more vegetation are probably contributing to the trend.
Published Jan 21, 2020
White mountaintops received a fresh dusting—and not of snow.
Published Mar 4, 2017
True-color images of the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado show a dramatic difference in snow appearance between 2008 and 2009. In 2009, dust has colored the snow dull brown and accelerated snow melt.
Published Jul 4, 2009
A tan cloud of dust colors the skies off Africa’s west coast on September 21, 2009.
Published Sep 22, 2009
The dust that blew toward Cyprus from the coast of Turkey on the previous day stretched and thinned on August 26, 2008.
Published Aug 27, 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
A large weather front kicked up dust across much of northwestern China.
Published Apr 25, 2014
Following the course of the Euphrates River, a large sandstorm swept over Iraq on September 14, 2008. Sandstorms are common in Iraq’s desert terrain, especially during the summer, when a strong northwesterly wind called the shamal blows over the floodplain of Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Published Sep 27, 2008
Dust plumes from North Africa spread over Eastern Europe and Russia, darkening the late-winter snow cover and reducing visibility in Mediterranean countries.
Published Mar 28, 2018
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
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