Millions of Australians were wiping a film of reddish Outback grit from nearly everything Thursday after the country's worst dust storm in seven decades played havoc with transport systems and sent asthmatics scurrying inside.
Scientists from the University's Ocean Technology Group at the Faculty of Engineering have suggested that the recent dust storms may have dramatically boosted carbon capture in Sydney Harbour and the Tasman Sea, providing an unexpected benefit to the environment.
Dust storm blankets Australian cities in red haze A massive dust storm swept through parts of southern Australia on Wednesday, bathing them in a reddish haze and prompting health officials to warn asthma patients to take cover.
Sydney-siders woke to a red dawn and crimson skies this morning as the worst dust storm on record pushed pollution levels to a record high - at more than 1500 times their normal levels.
Sydneysiders are being warned that a huge dust cloud will continue to affect the city through the day, after they woke to an eerie red dawn this morning.
The first detection of lightning on Mars came in during a dust storm on the red planet.. It was picked up by new radio telescope equipment designed by Chrisoper Ruf in Ann Arbor, MI. While they expected the lightening, they hadn't exected it to be so strong.
So, here we are once again, meeting in the freezer just to cool off.
It's that time again, for the Arizona Monsoon. Will we see any rain?
I have been becoming a home body. Unless on missions or going to chow I rarely ever leave my CHU (Trailer). Yes, I do run and make it to the gym on occasion, but for the most part my chair and bed have a permanent Rob indentation.
n an effort to protect the rovers from power loss that has the potential to leave one or both permanently disabled, the U.S. space agency has been scaling back their functions to the bare minimum, leaving them in near-dormant states.
I seeded an article a couple of weeks ago about the duststorms originating in China's Gobi Desert, which are becoming more common in China and are now affecting Korea, too. Today's seed explains a possible cause. Can you say: gobal warming?
"A sand storm that covered homes and streets in the Chinese capital with a brownish-yellow dust has clogged the air over the Korean peninsula, weather officials said on Tuesday...