Cities throughout Japan continued to see yellow sand in the air on Wednesday, with the weather agency predicting the phenomenon to last through Thursday morning, having started on Tuesday.

Seasonal yellow sand is expected to arrive over a wide area from northern to western Japan on March 25 and 26, adversely affecting visibility and aggravating respiratory problems. According to ...

The Alberta government imposes strict limits on water usage. See: The Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat (2010-2016) worked to address rapid growth issues in the oil sand regions.