This is a large plume of Saharan Dust that has spread across the Atlantic Ocean from Northern Africa. How does it happen? It starts out when thunderstorms over Africa put out strong downdrafts ...

During the summer, Atlantic trade winds carry this layer of air over the Atlantic Ocean and into the United States. According ...

The dust has been moving from Africa over the Atlantic Ocean. On Sunday it reached Puerto Rico and has since covered Cuba and parts of Mexico. The Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique ...

Summer storms can lift dust as high as 15,000 feet over the African deserts and then out across the Atlantic ... particularly fast — the Indian Ocean — Hurrell's models suggest that the ...

A research team led by the University of Liverpool has found that the North Atlantic Ocean has a memory of approximately one ...

Today’s story grew from “The Sahara Connection,” The Post and Courier’s deep dive last year into how dust from the Sahara ...

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have developed a novel method to measure ocean memory, revealing that the North Atlantic Ocean retains memory for nearly two decades—far longer than ...

Strong winds have carried a dense cloud of sand from the Saharan desert, some 500km (300 miles) across the Atlantic Ocean. The sandstorm ... fires Fierce Australian dust storm turns day to night ...