Dust storms have been wreaking havoc across the country, and the mix of climate change and lax environmental regulations mean they’re likely to continue. In their wake, air quality readings spiked ...

At over 230 deaths, Helene is now America’s deadliest hurricane since Katrina ripped a hole in the Superdome in 2005. For inland areas supposedly immune from catastrophic storm surges, mountainous ...

The Dust Bowl was an event that happened almost 100 years ago in the United States where severe dust storms moved across the country damaging agriculture. With the severe long-term drought we have, ...

Due to global warming, the United States is today more than twice as likely to endure a devastating "dust bowl" scenario than during the Great Depression, researchers said Monday. The United States is ...

As towering clouds of dust darkened Illinois skies once again recently, a chilling parallel to the 1930s Dust Bowl era loomed large over America’s heartland. Coupled with last year’s deadly 72-vehicle ...

WASHINGTON - Changing climate will mean increasing drought in the Southwest - a region where water already is in tight supply - according to a new study. "The bottom line message for the average ...

Atmospheric dust plays a dual role in Earth's climate: it reflects some sunlight back into space while also absorbing and retaining the planet's heat like an insulating blanket. But while dust likely ...

A tall, imposing plume of agricultural sediment blew from central Illinois and over dry farmland to envelop Chicago, dropping visibility to near zero last week during a type of dust storm mostly seen ...

Every now and then you come across a piece of evidence that feels strong enough to cut through the noise and change minds. Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist at Berkeley Earth, recently produced a ...

The recent years-long drought may have tipped parts of the Northern Cape towards an irreversible dust bowl, following decades of heavy grazing and mining. Farming remains the most viable livelihood.