A plume of Sahara dust that has blanketed parts of southern and central Europe in recent days caused a short, sharp spike in air pollution across the region, researchers said Tuesday.

In February 2021, satellite images showed two separate events in which vast dust plumes could be seen extending from the Sahara Desert in northwest Africa towards Europe, extending all the way up to ...

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For example, a 2019 study entitled, “Saharan dust events in the European Alps: role in snowmelt and geochemical characterization” was published in The Cryosphere.

Dust can reach the U.K., or even Iceland, as it did last year," Carlos Pérez García, a researcher studying atmospheric dust at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, told The Associated Press.

Barcelona, Spain (AP) -- A huge dust storm swirling over Europe from the Sahara desert made it hard to breathe in large parts of Spain for a second straight day on Wednesday and gave cleaning ...

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Dust from the northern Sahara can darken snow in the French Alps, which makes the snow absorb more heat and melt. This can lead to a higher risk of skiers triggering slab avalanches ...

Dust from the northern Sahara can darken snow in the French Alps, which makes the snow absorb more heat and melt. This can lead to a higher risk of skiers triggering slab avalanches ...

BERLIN (AP) — A plume of Sahara dust that has blanketed parts of southern and central Europe in recent days caused a short, sharp spike in air pollution across the region, researchers said ...

BERLIN – A plume of Sahara dust that has blanketed parts of southern and central Europe in recent days caused a short, sharp spike in air pollution across the region, researchers said Tuesday ...

Researchers say a plume of Sahara dust that has blanketed parts of southern and central Europe in recent days caused a short, sharp spike in air pollution across the region. 83 º Join Insider Sign In ...