Dust particles thrown up from deserts such as the Sahara and Gobi are playing a previously unknown role in air pollution, a new study has found. The international study published in National Science ...

I spent the better part of my adult life on huge construction sites, where I was constantly breathing in the billowing dust of bulldozers and earth-movers, not to mention plumes of welding smoke. Like ...

For anyone wondering whether intense dust storms, such as the haboob that enveloped Phoenix this week, are possible in Southern California, the answer is yes. They’ve hit in the recent past and are a ...