RT from antonio vecoli 🛰️🇪🇺#️⃣ (@tonyveco)

🔴 ⚠️ 🌀 ⛈️ Heavy rains led to #floods and #landslides in #Sicily and #Calabria during storm #Samuel in the Mediterranean,with #saharandust from #Libya& #Egypt towards #Crete #Greece. ⬇️ 24hrs evolution on March 17 seen by MeteoSat-12 before reaching Africa.#ClimateEmergency

☀️ Desert dust from the Sahara — 4,000 km away — is literally falling on British cars right now.

🌅 Amber skies. Red rain. And a science reason nobody explains properly.

Hint: iron oxides are involved.

🔗 Read the full story 👇
https://www.karmactive.com/saharan-dust-plume-uk-blood-rain-amber-sunsets-explained/

Follow @karmactive for more updates

#SaharanDust #BloodRain #UKWeather

#CopernicusAtmosphere dust aerosol optical depth forecast shows a massive #SaharanDust plume crossing NW Africa, W Mediterranean + parts of Europe through the first week of March.

Read our article about how and why dust transport happens and the potential impact on our health.
https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/what-saharan-dust-and-how-does-it-change-atmosphere-and-air-we-breathe

View the latest aerosol forecasts:
https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packages/cams/products/aerosol-forecasts?layer_name=composition_duaod550&projection=classical_europe

Our scientist @m_parrington is available for comments on the latest episode.

Three charts based on #CopernicusAtmosphere data you shouldn’t miss this month: 

📈 Intense #SaharanDust plume over the North Atlantic reaching western Europe – CAMS - Sebastian Steinig
1️⃣ https://bsky.app/profile/copernicusecmwf.bsky.social/post/3mfc2xpy76c2x 
Explore our forecasts: https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packages/cams_air_quality/products/europe-air-quality-daily-aggregated-forecast-aerosol-tracers  

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07.30 am, Monday.
#SaharanDust is still hanging around.

#CloudAppreciationSociety