Wyatt Clifford Fain and Payden David Guy Cosper were found guilty of smashing the 140 million-year-old sandstone and could ...

The Formation of Kidney Bean-Shaped Dunes These unusual dunes are formed by the complex interplay of Martian winds and sand movement. Their shape is primarily influenced by bi-directional wind ...

Europe’s tallest sand dune isn’t just a stunning natural landmark—it’s a living, shifting landscape sculpted by wind and time ...

home to 140 million-year-old sand dunes. Video of their act went viral and drew quick condemnation. A jury found each guilty of one count of injury and depredation of government property after a ...

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 ...

Flower-speckled sand dunes have returned to South Carlsbad State Beach thanks to a successful restoration started a little ...

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 ...

this issue). Driftwood sometimes forms the focus for the initial accumulation of dune sand, but vegetation is the most common roughness element that contributes to the formation of incipient dunes ...

A federal jury convicted two Henderson men on charges related to the damage of ancient rock formations at the Lake Mead ...

KUANTAN: Extreme heat and dry conditions since April have led to the formation of large sand dunes in Sungai Tembeling, Jerantut, significantly affecting the residents of Kampung Gusai. The remote ...