#vEGU21​ - Press Conference 4: From avalanches to aviation: the Sahara’s global impacts
Channel: European Geosciences Union
Date: 2021-04-28

The Sahara, Earth’s largest hot desert, covers an area nearly as large as China. In this press conference we will learn about the far-reaching impacts of the dust that comes from this vast sand sea, including how it can destabilise snow in the French Alps and contribute to large sand and dust storms. Because these extreme meteorological events can affect aviation operations, solar energy production, and air quality, geoscientists are striving to better understand these storms and predict their implications.

Speakers:
- Marie Dumont: Director, Snow Research Center, Météo-France, France
- Athanasios Votsis: Senior Researcher, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland
- Sara Basart: Postdoctoral researcher, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Spain

Moderated by: Erin Martin-Jones, Communications Coordinator at the Department of Earth Sciences and the Sedgwick Museum.


For more information visit the vEGU21 webpage: https://www.egu21.eu or email: egu21@copernicus.org


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