Read at : Google Alert / desertification
http://www.jjmmz.com/thread-44679-1-1.html
New twist to global warming/desertification
US researchers have discovered a link between Atlantic hurricane activity and thick clouds of dust that periodically rise up from the Sahara Desert. At times of intense hurricane activity, dust clouds were scarce, but in years with stronger dust storms, fewer hurricanes swept across the Atlantic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6038296.stm
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