Great Sand Dunes National Park sits in the San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado, cradled between the towering Sangre de ...

UNESCO presented a feasibility assessment and conducted a workshop for federal and state authorities in Tabasco on the ...

Winds blowing over a dune can move grains of sand in three main ways. What path these grains take depends on their size, although the exact size in each category can change from site to site. Think of ...

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 ...

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Formed from windblown dry sands, dunes are meant to protect inland areas, acting as a first line of defense from flooding. The small ridges or hills of sand, usually found at the top of a beach, take ...