A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert is arriving along the U.S. Gulf Coast this week, after traveling across the Atlantic Ocean. The dust cloud is known to cause vivid sunsets — but also challenges for those with respiratory ailments.
A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert is arriving along the U.S. Gulf Coast this week after traveling across the Atlantic Ocean. The phenomenon happens every year – but the 2020 version is especially large and imposing, experts said.
The dust cloud is"quite large" this year, said Marshall Shepherd, director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia, in an interview on NPR'sThat attention has included some experts who are calling it the"There are signs that the cloud is living up to the hype.
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