Cyprus Mail17 Jul 2026

Dust storms worsening in Cyprus, study finds

Dust storms worsening in Cyprus, study finds

Cyprus is experiencing increasingly intense desert dust episodes as climate change accelerates changes in atmospheric conditions across the Levant.

According to an international study involving researchers from the Cyprus Institute published on Thursday in the journal Nature, Cyprus was one of the European regions most affected by desert dust transport, with the Levant recording some of the largest increases in the intensity of dust episodes over the past decade....

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