When Saharan dust reaches the UK and Europe, as a huge country-sized cloud did over the past few days, it can transform the sky. Tiny particles drifting in the atmosphere scatter blue light while ...
In March 2026, winds carried Saharan dust to Europe, creating dirty rain in Spain, France, and the UK while affecting weather, clouds, and solar power, according to NASA and MeteoSwiss.
Imagine a cloud of sensors, each the size of a grain of sand or even smaller, blown aloft by hurricane winds and relaying data on the storm to weather stations below. Picture an invisible sensor ...