With the Drought, More Dust Storms (Texas Tribune)
Despite last weekend’s rains, the Texas drought lingers — and experts say the number of irritating and dangerous dust storms could increase across the state, especially in West Texas and the Panhandle….
“There are three things you need to cause a dust storm: wind, loose soil and a lack of vegetation,” said Nolan Clark, a former lab director at USDA-ARS in Bushland. “And when you don’t have enough water to grow vegetation, there’s nothing stopping those loose particles from blowing around. We are going to have a very dirty winter.” (Full story here)
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