If you live in El Paso, Las Cruces, or Ciudad Juárez and feel like you’ve been inhaling the Chihuahuan Desert lately, you’re not imagining things. The Borderplex region is experiencing its dustiest season since the Dust Bowl, the period of devastating dust storms that hit North America a century ago. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured an […]
Why Snow in New Zealand’s Alps Turned an Alarming Shade of Red
During the Southern Hemisphere’s summer of 2019–2020, mountains in New Zealand turned red. New research finally explains why. Researchers have revealed that New Zealand’s Southern Alps turned red after a massive dust storm in southeast Australia sent clouds of red dust across the sea, dumping around 4,500 tons onto the snow. Their work, detailed in […]