This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...

this issue). Sand deposition, accretion, and erosion within the coastal environment result in the development of a variety of dune morphologies; however, a general classification into primary and ...

A group of wealthy US homeowners spent $565,000 (£441,000) to build protective sand dunes near their properties - only to have the barriers wash away in days. The group in Salisbury ...

Poizat, Marine Picard, Ghislain Arnaud, Laurent Narteau, Clément Amory, Charles and Brun, Fanny 2024. Widespread longitudinal snow dunes in Antarctica shaped by sintering. Nature Geoscience, Vol. 17, ...

Below you’ll find the ultimate guide to Great Sand Dunes National Park, including things to do, how to get there, the best ...

The sands dunes have made way for housing and roads in the past 150 years A project to restore sand dunes in Lancashire has been hailed a success by conservationists. Over the last 150 years ...

Sand dunes are a natural part of the habitat at Sandbanks and help prevent flooding and coastal erosion Views are being sought on the future of sand dunes at a popular tourist hotspot. Sandbanks ...

Sand grains that are very round and dry (moisture on the dune's surface can cause sand to clump together, inhibiting avalanching) Grains on the dune's surface that are "well sorted," meaning they ...

A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its driest regions with more water than they had seen in decades.

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OCEANA COUNTY, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) discussed a plan to make Silver Lake Sand Dunes safer Monday night. This comes after yet another serious accident Sunday ...

GOLDEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A woman was airlifted to the hospital after an all-terrain vehicle she was driving flipped over on her at Silver Lake Sand Dunes, officials say. Around 1:15 ...