As it is typical in the month of June Saharan dust takes over much of the tropics. The deep layer of Saharan dust is currently located over the central Caribbean and is suppressing the chances for ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As far as hurricane activity and development go in the Atlantic basin, it looks like it's taking a breather over the coming seven days as the National Hurricane Center is not currently ...

A little-known, yet common phenomenon has again traveled across the Atlantic and may contribute to tempering the formation of early season tropical storms that could eventually spin toward the ...

UK astronomers using the 15-m James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii have discovered enormous quantities of cosmic dust in the most distant quasar yet observed. The quasar, called SDSS J1148+5251 is ...

These fine particles travel in the upper levels of the atmosphere all the way from the Sahara Desert in Africa. Strong winds lift the dust and travel thousands of miles over the Atlantic, often ...