The memory of early spring 2023 for many residing in north China might be tinted a sandy yellow—as days when the air was filled with sand and dust were a frequent occurrence in this region.
Information from the National Meteorological Center (NMC) showed that the first sandstorm of the year hit north China on January 12, about a month earlier than it had in recent years. As of April 24, China had experienced several bouts of similar sandstorm whiplash, including two serious ones in March and April.
The “flare-ups” put China’s desertification control efforts under scrutiny and many Chinese worried that new rounds of severe sandstorms might occur in the following years.
Hold the sand!
“Many have simple assumptions about sandstorms and what human beings can do in this regard,” Wu Bo, an expert from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics
