Rains came in mysterious abundance to the vast rocky plateaus and sand seas of the Sahara Desert this summer, rolling north from the fertile savanna grasslands in clouds heavy with as much as six ...

After the historic arrival of Hurricane Beryl to mark the start of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season, the tropics are quiet at the moment. The reason for the lull in action could be due to Saharan ...

The Madden Julian Oscillation, by it's full name, is one of our "intra-seasonal" mechanisms we track to monitor for the potential for tropical development. The MJO is an organized wave of showers and ...

It’s wild to think that dust from an African desert can not only impact everything from our air quality to sunsets in the U.S., but also suppress hurricane activity across the Atlantic and Gulf. It’s ...