Sahara dust may make you cough, but it's a storm killer
Friday, July 20, 2018 - 15:31
in Earth & Climate
The bad news: Dust from the Sahara Desert in Africa—totaling a staggering 2 to 9 trillion pounds worldwide—has been almost a biblical plague on Texas and much of the Southern United States in recent weeks. The good news: the same dust appears to be a severe storm killer.