Tinted detail of a photo: Tops of billowing clouds seen from above at sunset, dark grey masses edged with glowing gold where the sun shines through, under an orange sky.
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Atmospheric Sciences

air pollution

February 2021: A dusty month for Europe

In February 2021, two major Saharan dust events hit Europe. Because of the prevailing weather conditions in the first and last week of February, several million tons of Saharan dust blanketed the skies from the Mediterranean Sea all the way to Scandinavia. The sandy sky was observed almost everywhere in Europe (Fig. 1). Moreover, the …[Read More]