Meteorologist Chita Craft breaks down how Saharan dust can affect air quality and its potential health impacts.

Dust storms are producing deadly hidden air pollution by transforming mineral grains into chemical reactors, impacting health and climate.

Originally meant to study desert dust, NASA’s EMIT instrument just exposed sewage contamination in the Pacific Ocean by ...

Saharan dust is expected to blow across the Atlantic Ocean and reach Louisiana. How will the dust impact hurricane season?

The project is funded by the Critical Materials Innovation Hub, U.S. DOE Energy Innovation Hub, led by Ames National ...

A groundbreaking 25-year analysis using satellite technology has now mapped PM 1 levels across the U.S., uncovering how ...

A NASA instrument aboard the International Space Station has detected contamination from Mexican sewage that spilled into the ...

Dust from the Sahara Desert is currently moving across the Atlantic Ocean, which could make skies in the South hazy during early June.. The Sahara Desert in North Africa spans more than 3.5 ...

Plumes of Saharan dust are expected to sweep over Florida in the coming days, which can cause real problems for people with respiratory issues.

The Sahara Desert in North Africa spans more than 3.5 million square miles and, here, winds pick up vast amounts of mineral dust and carry them across the desert. This year, ...

HOUSTON — Every summer, massive dust storms sweep across the Sahara Desert in Africa, lifting the fine sand and mineral dust particles into the air. The last time Saharan dust made its ...