Dust

If you are planning a trip to the Mexican Caribbean this fall, there is a good chance you have been nervously refreshing the National Hurricane Center’s tracking map. Hurricane anxiety is a completely valid part of traveling to the tropics this time of year. But right now, an incredible, almost invisible phenomenon is acting as …

Every year as spring turns to summer, dust from the Sahara desert travels across the Atlantic Ocean and lands in the the Caribbean, including in Cancun and the Mexican Caribbean, causing surprising effects to health. The unique weather phenomenon can cause respiratory symptoms to flare up, as a result of which local authorities have told …