Some places can surely be happy about this.
It means fewer storms and even hurricanes are less likely to strike when the dust is present.
"The Saharan dust will reflect and absorb sunlight, therefore reduce the sunlight at the Earth's surface," said Pan.
"If we have more frequent and severe dust storms, it's likely that we have a cooler sea surface temperature and land surface temperature. The storms have less energy supply from the colder surface therefore will be less severe."
The study goes on to show that dust and storm formation don't mix.
"Our results show significant impacts of dust on the radiative budget, hydrological cycle, and large-scale environments relevant to tropical cyclone activity over the Atlantic," said Zhang.
More @ Sahara dust may make you cough, but it's a storm killer