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Image of the day: Dense dust shrouds Canary Islands
Satellite Image of Canary Islands
Image of the day: Dense dust shrouds Canary IslandsNews

Image of the day: Dense dust shrouds Canary Islands

A dense haze, known locally as Calima, blanketed Spain’s Canary Islands on 17 December 2024 following Storm Dorothea. Strong winds carried suspended dust from the…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 19, 2024 Full article
Image of the day: Jebel Uweinat, a striking Saharan massif captured from space
Image of the day: Jebel Uweinat, a striking Saharan massif captured from spaceNews

Image of the day: Jebel Uweinat, a striking Saharan massif captured from space

Rising dramatically from the heart of the Sahara Desert, Jebel Uweinat (Mount Uwaynat) stands as a monumental natural landmark where the borders of Egypt, Libya,…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskDecember 14, 2024 Full article
Image of the day: Saharan dust storm over the Mediterranean Sea
Image of the day: Saharan dust storm over the Mediterranean SeaNews

Image of the day: Saharan dust storm over the Mediterranean Sea

This image from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite, captured on November 14, 2024, reveals a vast Saharan dust plume spanning over 700 kilometers across the Mediterranean…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 15, 2024 Full article
Saharan winds nurture oceanic life across continents
Saharan winds nurture oceanic life across continentsNewsScience

Saharan winds nurture oceanic life across continents

The further dust-bound iron is blown from the Sahara, the more it becomes available for life through atmospheric reactions. Iron is a micronutrient indispensable for…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 20, 2024 Full article
Saharan dust regulates hurricane rainfall
Saharan dust regulates hurricane rainfallClimateScience

Saharan dust regulates hurricane rainfall

New research underscores the close relationship between dust plumes transported from the Sahara Desert in Africa and rainfall from tropical cyclones along the U.S. Gulf…
SourceSourceJuly 25, 2024 Full article
Understanding the Green Sahara’s collapse
Understanding the Green Sahara’s collapseClimateScience

Understanding the Green Sahara’s collapse

By Technical University of Munich (TUM) From the last ice age until around 6000 years ago, the region now known as the Sahara Desert was…
SourceSourceJune 17, 2024 Full article