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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