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8 de may. de 2023 · Astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut, in order to study the first asteroid belt ever seen outside of our solar system in infrared light.
8 de may. de 2023 · The belts of debris orbiting Fomalhaut may be the site of regular, explosive collisions, with icy and rocky bodies routinely crashing into each other, throwing up billowing clouds of dust. More observations will enable astronomers to confirm whether the “Great Dust Cloud” lives up to its name, as events unfold.
The Great Salt Lake in the US state of Utah has shrunk by two-thirds since the 1980s because of climate change. This is exposing more arsenic on the lake bed, which high winds and storms could whip into a toxic dust cloud around nearby Salt Lake City – home to 75% of Utah’s population.
9 de abr. de 2024 · An "exceptional" dust cloud from the Sahara is choking parts of Europe, the continent's climate monitor said on Monday, causing poor air quality and coating windows and cars in grime.
7 de jul. de 2023 · A bigger, denser cloud of Saharan dust is currently being blown off the coast of Africa, and could reach Florida by Tuesday. Air quality is expected to worsen in Puerto Rico, the Dominican ...
8 de abr. de 2024 · An "exceptionally intense" cloud of dust from the Sahara is making its way across Europe. The dust plume has been travelling across most of Spain to reach southeastern France, Germany and the southeastern corner of Britain. It brought hazy skies and colourful sunsets to many regions, leaving dusty deposits on cars and windows.
13 de jun. de 2022 · Some 100 million tons of dust from the Sahara Desert blow out over the Atlantic Ocean each year — enough to be visible in satellite photos. A plume is expected to reach Texas this week.
