As the sun always rises, so do dust storms slowly disperse and surrender to blue skies.
Allowing, accepting and addressing those vulnerable feelings that come with dust storms is challenging work.
Nonetheless, his home is comfortable and seals out water and Beijing's famous dust storms, Meyer said.
This is most evident when the planet is gripped by dust storms that can envelop the whole globe.
Luckily, the rover was built to withstand such battering, and the landing site was well clear of dust storms for now.
The country is also working on a range of other solar projects, although dust storms can hinder the effectiveness of solar panels there.
But Cheng says balloons can offer an inexpensive way to rapidly respond to exciting targets of opportunity like newly-detected near-earth objects, sun-grazing comets, or dust storms on Mars.
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Desertification has also been linked to health problems caused by dust storms, poverty and a drop in farm production, with infant mortality in drylands double the rate elsewhere in developing nations.
These huge, sky-blackening dust storms sweep across Asia in March and April, bringing with them millions of tons of sand from inner Mongolia and depositing it in China and on across the Korean peninsula to Japan.
But the problem causes dangerous changes to the environment on a global scale, the report warned, with dust storms in the Gobi and Sahara deserts blamed for respiratory problems in North America and damage to coral reefs in the Caribbean.
This was caused by the collapse of food prices with the loss of export markets after World War I and years of drought that were marked by huge dust storms that blackened skies at noon and scoured the land of topsoil.
As we sit and watch, a desert elephant storms up, blasting itself with a trunkful of dust to keep cool.
The IP65 certification provides improved water and dust resistance, enabling field workers to maintain their productivity in challenging scenarios, such as sand storms and heavy rain.
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Any loose dust picked up along the way will absorb still more heat, creating a feedback loop that can send storms surging across the face of the planet.
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