African dust storms in our air: Dust storms in Africa affect US and the Caribbean's air quality

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 20:00 in Earth & Climate

Dust clouds from the African Sahara can travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean, every year and in large quantities. Scientists found that the average air concentrations of inhalable particles more than doubled during a major Saharan dust intrusion in Houston, Texas.

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