The parabolic dune shape results from two processes acting contemporaneously. First, sand is eroded off the windward face of the depositional lobe, transported across the lobe, and deposited on ...

To solve this mystery, scientists analyzed satellite images covering the entire Antarctic continent. This approach allowed ...

The SandAI neural network was trained using modern quartz sand and can help unravel the histories encoded in ancient rocks.

The age of one of Earth's largest and most complex types of sand dune has been calculated for the first time. Star dunes - or pyramid dunes - are named after their distinctive shapes and reach ...

This southwestern park features the largest sand dunes in North America ... molded by complex wind patterns into multi-pronged shapes, which look a bit like starfish from above. We are a roadschooling ...

The pit opens up, in fact being a huge sand worm, and consumes ... play as your own custom character in the Dune universe with a journey that you will shape yourself. The latest footage did ...

Entomologist Torsten Dikow, a leading expert on assassin flies, is working to connect a global community of researchers ...

Long ago, flowing wind and water shaped Mars's malleable sand and sediment into dunes, ripples and other landscape patterns, ...

Photographer Owen Floody said he hopes he can provide a bit of cultural education through his photography. An opening reception for Floody's exhibit "Landscapes and Wildlife of Namibia" was held at ...

Those in physical shape to handle the high elevation, elevation gain, etc. will be in for incredible views! If you want to get away from it all you can get sleep overnight in the sand dunes. This does ...