A severe storm swept across Mongolia in March 2023, affecting more than 4 million square kilometres, including 20 provinces in China. The scope of these recent storms demonstrates their unprecedented ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine driving down a desert highway on a bright summer afternoon when suddenly, the horizon disappears behind a towering wall of ...

Dust storms are nothing new to Arizona, a state that sees the massive walls of dust roll in every year. In the past month, the Phoenix area saw two major storms, causing flight cancellations, damaged ...

Mars has long been pictured as a cold, quiet desert, its famous dust storms more cinematic backdrop than active player in the planet’s story. New measurements are overturning that image, revealing ...

About 2 billion tons of dust are emitted into the atmosphere each year, equivalent in weight to 307 Great Pyramids of Giza. That’s a lot of dust! More than 80 per cent of the global dust budget ...

Skies can turn from clear blue to pitch black as a haboob rolls in. Here’s how this wall of dust forms, and what health experts say is lurking within. A wall of dust, also known as a haboob, ...

More people are getting sick due to sand and dust storms that are now more intense and frequent, contributor Sean Mowbray reported for Mongabay. The intensifying storms have exposed many millions more ...

Dust storms have always swirled through parts of North America, but they are becoming more unexpected and destructive and landing in places unfamiliar with the danger, scientists warn. In May 2023, a ...