Dust blown all the way from Africa’s Sahara Desert is arriving this week in Texas, which happens every year around this time. On the flip side, the annual dust clouds can make for some pretty sunsets and help fertilize the Amazon Rainforest. Read more about these dust clouds below. Since storms are the main thing that helps cool Texas in the summer, the dust’s presence adds to the intense heat. Climate change could actually decrease the dust clouds, he says, by reducing the occurrence of the “tropical waves” on which they travel.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 12, 2021 19:17 UTC