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Study Shows Previously Unknown Link between Saharan Dust Plumes and Tropical Cyclone Rainfall


According to new research, giant plumes of Saharan dust, transported across the Atlantic Ocean by trade winds, can suppress hurricane formation over the ocean and affect weather in North America.

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