For decades, Wyoming native and Las Vegas detective Gill Gillilan hunted for clues to the story behind Desert Dust, once the ...

In Brief: Saharan dust travels thousands of miles from Africa to the Americas each spring and summer. Once or twice a summer, ...

The Saharan Air Layer can tame hurricanes, help grow fish food in the ocean, beautify sunsets, trigger asthma attacks, and ...

Dr. Alan Black from SIUE notes that while dust storms are rare in Illinois, they can pose a severe weather hazard for drivers ...

On Saturday at 12:47 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a wind advisory valid from 8 p.m. until Sunday 5 a.m. for ...

Noctilucent clouds usually form close to the poles, but in recent decades, they’re being spotted closer to the Equator ...

NASA will soon be implementing a long-term presence on the Moon, with housing for 100 or more astronauts, and Mars will ...

Rainfall in West Palm Beach has been about average this month, but there is a deficit of nearly 9 inches for the year.

How acute those become could be determined by the smoke’s elevation in the atmosphere. At lower levels it can not only cause ...

After a dry winter and spring, there's a lot of dust waiting for the first monsoon wind storm, a phenomenon known as a haboob ...

After several days of heavy rain and storms, another atmospheric shift is headed for Texas — this time, a plume of Saharan dust. The dust, drifting westward across the Atlantic, is expected to bring ...

Lead builds up in humans’ blood, brain and bones over time. Exposed children can take a while to show symptoms, which include ...