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 NewsDeskDecember 19, 2024
Full articleImage 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 NewsDeskDecember 14, 2024
Full articleImage 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 NewsDeskNovember 15, 2024
Full articleSaharan 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 NewsDeskSeptember 20, 2024
Full articleSaharan 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…
SourceJuly 25, 2024
Full articleUnderstanding 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…
SourceJune 17, 2024
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