You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Maine House of Representatives voted Tuesday to protect sand dunes ...

Next time you explore a beach or a desert, look down at the sand. You might spot patches of small ripples just a few centimeters tall. Wind can shape these miniature dunes in less than half an hour ...

Hey Ray: Sand dunes 02:22. ... According to the United States Geological Survey, sand dunes are created when wind deposits grains of sand on top of each other until a small mound starts to form.

Dan Behm has spent years clearing sand from his Michigan property to keep nearby dunes at bay, hoping to protect a family ...

What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently awarded NASA grant hopes to address as a PhD student at Texas A&M University ...

Erin Argyilan was wrapping up a scientific study of wind speeds on Mount Baldy last year when she saw a circle of beachgoers on their knees halfway up the hulking sand dune. They appeared to be ...

“They can tell us a lot about the main wind that is driving sand movement in the area we’re looking at.” Making an ancient wind map As on Earth, many types of dune form on Mars where sand ...

In an unexpected corner of Peru, two professional skiers from Sweden discover thrills not on snowy mountains but on the ...

The “sand dune” theory has been doing the rounds of social media and the anti-wind power circuit, and follows similarly wild claims made about old turbine blades in north Queensland.

Thousands across California had their power shut off Friday due to a heightened wildfire risk, with widespread high wind ...