Sand dunes are a globally important depositional landform ... years of field research on desert dunes and his keen insights on the ‘big-picture’ of dune formation and change make him the best ...

The Taklamakan Desert in China is now surrounded by a 1900-mile green belt to prevent sandstorms and protect local ...

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 ...

and the sand plains at the rear of transgressive dunes or between dune ridges, are usually relatively flat. Vegetation is a significant controlling factor influencing the formation and morphology ...

This reserve also contains examples of the successional stages of dune formation, from bare sand, embryonic dunes to (further inland) stabilised dunes and slacks. The site is managed by Natural ...

It’s a short hike that loops through the grasslands in front of the sand dunes and has a series of educational panels explaining the dune field and its formation. This great photo-op spot will give ...

After its initial formation, it stopped growing ... dating to work out the age of the star dune. The method calculates when the grains of sand were last exposed to daylight. Samples of sand ...

A decadelong conflict over the condition of a New Jersey resort town’s beaches involving tens of millions of dollars in ...

Prototypes of the first all-electric Range Rover underwent rigorous testing of features such as its newest thermal management ...