Reinforcing Existing Ideas on the Sand and Dust Storms Environmental Impact
Figure 01, Sand and Dusty Storms in Qatar Desert (credit: Flickr) Insight The sand and dust storms are happening around the world like a typhoon in the Pacific region, however, in the Middle East region, the sand, and dust storm (Figure 01) or they called them as “sandstorms” are a regular occurrence and common in the arid and semi-arid land like in Doha. In 15-years onward in Qatar, this is not new to the author, but a kind of environment is impacting an individual’s health which is not good for humanity. The sand and dust storms can cause social disruption and economic loss. Consequently, according to scientists and researchers, the composition of dust storms have played an essential role in the global dust cycle, which alters the radiative balance. And because of this occurrence, sand and dust storms can eventually damage the agricultural crops farming in the region, and usually, this might retard the plant growth and castrate the marine benthic organism’s life cyc...