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Satellite images show how a dust storm from drought-affected SA travelled across to Sydney. New research seeks to improve Australia’s understanding of dust storms.

Scientists say drought and climate change are driving the severe dust storms pummeling the border region of Chihuahua, New Mexico and Texas.

Earth Science El Paso Is Having Its Dustiest Year Since the Actual Dust Bowl Drought, wind, and climate change are turning the Borderplex into a morass of airborne grit.

The original Dust Bowl, for those who aren’t familiar, took place in the late 1930s after an economic collapse and demographic shifts made farming uneconomical in the central U.S.

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As wells dry up, aquifer levels drop and water demand grows, how much drought can Iowa withstand? 'We don’t have unlimited water,' state geologist says.