https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/haboob/ Recent content in Haboob on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/blogging-earth-lighter-side-geo-jargon/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/blogging-earth-lighter-side-geo-jargon/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/blogging-earth-lighter-side-geo-jargon/i-4ad-7db-8-12.jpg" alt="A big haboob sweeps over Phoenix. Junebug172" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>A big haboob sweeps over Phoenix. Junebug172</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/blogging-earth-lighter-side-geo-jargon/i-4ac-7db-8-12.jpg" alt="A hoodoo at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Ciar, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>A hoodoo at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Ciar, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/blogging-earth-lighter-side-geo-jargon/i-4ab-7db-8-12.jpg" alt="Hawaiian pahoehoe lava. U.S. Geological Survey" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Hawaiian pahoehoe lava. U.S. Geological Survey</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/blogging-earth-lighter-side-geo-jargon/i-47c-7db-6-17.jpg" alt="Timothy Oleson at Machu Picchu in Peru. courtesy of Dave Clark" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Timothy Oleson at Machu Picchu in Peru. courtesy of Dave Clark</figcaption> </figure> <p>Sometimes in this world, we just need a little levity.</p> https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/return-dust-bowl/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/return-dust-bowl/ <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/return-dust-bowl/i-4e4-7db-b-3.jpg" alt="Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas, in 1935 during the Dust Bowl years. NOAA George E. Marsh Album" loading="eager" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas, in 1935 during the Dust Bowl years. NOAA George E. Marsh Album</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/return-dust-bowl/i-4e3-7db-b-3.jpg" alt="A &#39;great roller&#39; moves across Colorado during the Dust Bowl. NRCS" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>A &#39;great roller&#39; moves across Colorado during the Dust Bowl. NRCS</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/return-dust-bowl/i-4e5-7db-b-3.jpg" alt="Wind erosion on rangeland in Rio Arriba County, N.M. Jeff Vanuga, NRCS" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Wind erosion on rangeland in Rio Arriba County, N.M. Jeff Vanuga, NRCS</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/return-dust-bowl/i-4e1-7db-b-3.jpg" alt="Three haboobs - similar to this one from 2003 - struck Arizona last summer. Junebug172" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>Three haboobs - similar to this one from 2003 - struck Arizona last summer. Junebug172</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="earth-figure"> <img src="https://www.americangeosciences.org/static/earth/return-dust-bowl/i-4e2-7db-b-3.jpg" alt="After 153 straight days of no rain in 1972, dust storms enveloped Phoenix, Ariz. U.S. NARA" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> <figcaption>After 153 straight days of no rain in 1972, dust storms enveloped Phoenix, Ariz. U.S. NARA</figcaption> </figure> <h1 id="geoscientists-predict-a-dry-dusty-future-for-the-american-west">Geoscientists Predict a Dry, Dusty Future for the American West</h1> <p>Haboobs walloped Arizona last summer. Locals long ago adopted the Arabic word for a major dust storm, but even old-timers say they can&rsquo;t remember anything quite like this year&rsquo;s aerial assaults.</p>