The French Alps can take on an orange hue when Saharan dust is carried north Getty Images/Image Source
Saharan dust has been blamed for everything from rain leaving marks on windows in the UK to potentially having a role in melting sea ice in the Arctic. Now it seems the dust could even play a part in making avalanches more likely in Europe.
The dust has regularly turned skies above French mountains a dramatic orange, with a recent episode in February adding sand to ski slopes and making the landscape look more like Mars than the Alps.
Marie Dumont…
