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Why massive Saharan dust plumes are blowing into the US

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By contrast, the lush rainforests to the south of the Sahara have trees that both block the wind and hold on to the soil with their roots, keeping all the muck from taking to the air. Tropical storms derive their energy from wet air. Graham Carlos of the Indiana University School of Medicine and Eskenazi Health. “We

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