Giant Middle East dust storm caused by a changing climate, not human conflict

ENN
Jan 16, 2017, 10:16 am52 pts
In August 2015, a dust storm blanketed large areas of seven Middle East nations in a haze of dust and sand thick enough to obscure them from satellite view. The storm led to several deaths, thousands of cases of respiratory ailments and injuries, and canceled airline flights and closed ports. At the time, the…

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