Saharan dust
African sand airborne
Saharan dust is fine particulate matter blown from the Sahara Desert across vast distances, sometimes reaching the Americas or northern Europe.
These dust plumes can create hazy skies, vivid sunsets, and poor air quality.
Meteorologists track major events because the particles affect weather patterns and can aggravate respiratory conditions: The Saharan dust advisory warned residents to stay indoors.
- desertTo leave behind completely
- harmattanSaharan wind reaching West Africa
- siroccoScorching African wind
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- AfricaSecond-largest continent
sandstorm · plume · Atlantic · red · air quality · iron · aerosol · trade winds · dry · ochre · fertilizer · coral reef · Amazon · dry season · particles · drought · sky · blood rain
- dust cloudssandstorm, haboob
- desert climatearid, aridity, dry heat, extreme heat, scorching heat
- airborne particlesparticulates, aerosol, particulate matter, fine particles, ash
Saharan dusturban smog
Polluted metropolitan air
industrial emissions · vehicle exhaust · factory smoke · sea spray · volcanic ash
Saharan dustindustrial pollution
Manufacturing waste harming environment
car exhaust · factory emissions · coal smoke · power plant emissions
Sahara, dust, dusty, dustiness, dusted, dusting, duster, dusts