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Watch NASA probe 'capture' Martian sandstorm
Unlike on Earth, Martian dust storms are weaker and smaller, but play an important role in transporting dust across the planet.
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Environment
Strange weather is happening in European countries
Orange-yellow dust clouds from the Sahara desert have covered many areas in Greece, causing authorities to issue health warnings.
Environment
Sandstorms pose a serious threat to human health
Strong winds carry large amounts of sand and dust into the atmosphere, which can then travel hundreds or even thousands of kilometers.
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See how China built a highway more than 150km through the desert despite the sandstorm
Despite the summer desert temperatures that can reach 70 degrees Celsius, China is continuing to build a mega project, the highway through Taklimakan, the largest desert…
Health
At least 2,000 people hospitalized because of sandstorms in Iraq
On May 16, Iraq continued to experience a sandstorm, causing at least 2,000 people to be hospitalized due to respiratory problems. Airports, schools and government offic…
Environment
Terrible sandstorms like giant city walls 'devour' the city
A giant sandstorm swept through, making the sky turn red with a giant wall of dust as if it wanted to
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Latest photos of scenes never seen on Mars
In the latest images recorded, Mars is more like a 'creamy biscuit' than a red planet.
Environment
Sahara dust, who 'sabotage' Caribbean summer
warnings about the entry and impact of dust clouds from the Sahara to the Caribbean's summer weather.
Animal world
The reptile 'virgin' doesn't need a male to still ovulate and have children
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Little known facts about the Sahara desert
Today can be terrifyingly hot, the Sahara has always been the cradle of life, enveloping thousands of ancient inhabitants.
Conquer Mars
NASA finally found the missing robot on Mars, but they are still not happy
Remember the oldest Opportunity - rover event on Mars? The rover has gone missing in a giant sandstorm on a planetary scale on Mars from 6/2018.
Oceanography
Sahara desert sandstorm sustains life in the Atlantic Ocean
Research by the University of Liverpool found that the Sahara desert sandstorm helps sustain life across a large area of the North Atlantic.
Space science
New hypothesis about the red of Mars
A new hypothesis suggests that Mars is not always red and explains why the planet is so red.
Space science
The Mars explorer robot starts down the crater Victoria
After the big sandstorm that caused Mars to sink in darkness for nearly 2 months, on September 12, Opportunity robot investigated red behavior began rolling down the cra…
Animal world
The devil in sandstorm - the most beautiful nature photo of 2006
A photo that took 9 years to capture and almost erased at the last minute won the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. That is the picture