Strong trade winds over northwest Africa pick up large amounts of Saharan dust and carry it thousands of miles over the Atlantic Ocean, through the Caribbean Sea, and then onto the Texas Gulf Coast.

This week North Texas will experience a phenomenon from ... fine particles of sand and mineral dust lifted from the Sahara Desert. The dust particles are small enough to be carried by strong ...

Iron is a micronutrient indispensable for life, enabling processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, and DNA synthesis.

As dust-laden iron travels farther from the Sahara, atmospheric reactions make it increasingly accessible to support life.

A surprising discovery shows that dust blown from the Sahara Desert plays a crucial role in supporting ocean life thousands ...

Massive, migrating dust clouds originating in the Sahara Desert are crucial to fostering life in the Atlantic Ocean as far away as the Amazonian basin, according to new evidence from an ...

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SAHARA dust is the reason for a quieter than predicted hurricane season so far, according to acting director of the Bahamas Department of Meteorology Jeffrey Simmons. Mr Simmons attributed this ...

When the trade winds blow across the Atlantic from the east in the early summer, they carry almost exclusively natural aerosols with them – above all Sahara dust. At other times of the year, the winds ...

A dramatic orange haze has descended over Athens as clouds of dust have blown in from the Sahara desert. It is one of the worst such episodes to hit Greece since 2018, according to officials.

Greeks with respiratory conditions have been urged to limit the time they spend outdoors, wear protective masks and avoid taking physical exercise until the dust clouds clear. The Sahara releases ...