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Dust storm

Fishermen navigate on the Shatt al-Arab waterway during a sandstorm in Basra, Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2022.

‘It’s a mass ecological crisis’: Extreme weather in Iraq hits those already struggling the hardest

Environment

About a dozen dust storms have blown across Iraq this year with increased frequency and intensity. Experts say that it’s due to climate change, drought and desertification.

dust blizzard perspective graphic

Floods, blizzards, droughts, and dust storms: The week in perspective

Environment
Aerial view of the dust storm in Western Iran.

You think the snow in the US is bad? Spare a thought for Iranians caught in a dust storm

Environment

New Ken Burns documentary looks at Dust Bowl, ‘worst sustained environmental disaster’ in U.S. history

Arts, Culture & Media

In Korea, trees planted in Mongolia bring hopes for fewer dust storms

Massive Saharan Dust Cloud Blows Across Atlantic

Environment

A huge sandstorm that originated over the Sahara Desert is traveling on the wind across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Caribbean. Jason Dunion, a hurricane investigator with Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory of NOAA, says sandstorms are interesting weather phenomenon that impact hurricane formation and create spectacular sunsets.

To Fight Noxious Dust Storms at Home, Koreans Plant Trees in Mongolia

Environment

Noxious dust storms rising up from Mongolia have plagued Korea. Now a small group of Korean and Mongolian activists are working together to attack the problem by planting trees in the Gobi desert. The World’s Daniel Grossman has the story.

The World

China Desert

The soil in northern China is turning to sand, and huge dust storms are causing environmental and health problems thousands of miles away. Now, the Chinese government is making control of desertification a national priority. Anne Marie Ruff reports from Inner Mongolia.

The World

Geo Quiz and answer

Environment

Our daily Geo Quiz is about sand storms over the Atlantic Ocean. The question is: where does the sand come from? Anchor Marco Werman gets the answer from Eric Achterberg, a researcher who’s just back from a boat trip to study the storms. He says the sand comes from the Sahara Desert in Africa.