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Tuesday, 24 February 2026

Tuesday, February 24/2026

Courtesy Cyprus Mail

Windy today. Seems that’s frequently the case lately. Weather app lists the fine particulate matter as being “fair”. As usual that will refer to dust from the Sahara. Obviously not ideal for humans, and probably some animals as well, but there’s another drawback apparently.

A new Cypriot study has found that atmospheric dust has a deleterious effect on solar energy production as dust blocking light to solar panels can drop electricity production by more than twenty percent. Easier to measure than prevent.