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The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday declared 2025 to 2034 the United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms — extreme weather events that are increasing and threatening health and ...
Dust storms are a major health hazard. Drought and wind contribute to the emergence of dust storms, as do poor farming and grazing practices by exposing the dust and sand to the wind. Wildfires can lead to dust storms as well. [5] One poor farming practice which contributes to dust storms is dryland farming.
A massive plume of Saharan dust has emerged off of the African coast, nearly a month ahead of the average pace, and it could be seen in satellite images spreading westward across a large corridor ...
Saharan dust (also African dust, yellow dust, yellow sand, yellow wind or Sahara dust storms) is an aeolian mineral dust from the Sahara, the largest hot desert in the world. The desert spans just over 9 million square kilometers, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea , from the Mediterranean Sea to the Niger River valley and the Sudan region ...
The world is losing almost 1 million square kilometres (386,000 square miles) of productive land a year to sand and dust storms made worse by human activities, the United Nations body in charge of ...
In some countries in West Africa, the heavy amount of dust in the air can severely limit visibility and block the sun for several days, [8] comparable to a heavy fog. This effect is known as the Harmattan haze. It costs airlines millions of dollars in cancelled and diverted flights each year. [9] [10] When the haze is weak, the skies are clear ...
The resolution also calls for global cooperation to enhance early warning systems and share weather information important to forecasting sand dust storms. The resolution’s adoption comes two days before the International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms on July 12, which the General Assembly declared last year and will be celebrated for ...
During November 2004, a number of major dust storms hit Chad, originating in the Bodélé Depression. [20] This is a common area for dust storms, occurring on average on 100 days every year. [21] Sahel region of Mali. On 23 March 2010, a major sandstorm hit Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, and inland Sierra Leone.