Exceptional Sahara dust cloud blankets Europe, causing poor air quality and breaching EU's safe PM10 threshold.

An "exceptional" Sahara dust cloud is blanketing parts of Europe, causing poor air quality and coating windows and cars in grime. The dust cloud, described as "exceptionally intense," is the third in a series of similar events in recent weeks and is expected to sweep northward as far as Scandinavia. The latest episode has caused air quality to deteriorate in several countries, with some regions breaching the EU's safe threshold for concentrations of PM10 (particulate matter). This increase in intensity and frequency of Saharan dust plumes could be linked to changes in atmospheric circulation patterns.

April 08, 2024
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