Glass Noodles: Bean Thread or Mung Bean Vermicelli. Mung bean vermicelli are famously used in Thai salads, and âants climbing the treeâ â a Sichuan Chinese dish, made with minced pork.
Haboob is the Arabic term for a particularly intense type of dust storm caused by the downdraft from a thunderstorm. These storms are common in the Middle East, Africa and even North America, although they usually aren't called that here.
Scientists understand only some of the reasons for the surge. About half of the changes [we see] are due to drought and high-wind events. We're seeing more of these larger storms that can move dust, said Jason Neff, a geological scientist at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a co-author of the study.