Storms of dust and sand are another sign our climate is changing. Two experts explain

Tourism Australia/Canva, Wikimedia Commons, The Conversation, CC BY-NC Imagine you wake up one morning and look out your window. You see a sky of red, hear a ferocious blast of wind and watch as tree branches creak and crack. No, the apocalypse has not descended on your local neighbourhood. You’ve just been caught in the middle of a dust storm. These storms form when strong winds lift sand and dust particles into the atmosphere. Of the two, sand storms typically occur closer to the ground and…