After the Dust Settles

Take a look at the destruction of dust storms around the world.
 
china dust storm

China, dust storm 2001

Residents of developed countries are not immune to the ill effects of the increasingly dust and smog-choked Asian skies.

Large upticks in water consumption, intensive farming practices and deforestation in China have led to more frequent dust storms, like this one in 2001 that swept aerosol particles into the Great Lakes region of the US, and even left a sprinkling in the Alps mountains in Europe.

Photo credit: NASA

Article by Michael O'Reilly. Originally posted March 23, 2009

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