This 2023 astronaut photo shows a series of slowly moving "star dunes" in the Erg Chebbi region of Morocco. Most of these ...

The sand that makes up the dunes had traveled too ... I turned into the wind and hovered like a kite 200 feet above camp. Alain came zooming in underneath me. Landing in such a gale made me ...

Sandboarding is the perfect sport for you if you want the thrill of surfing along with the beauty of deserts. Riding down ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received a three-year, $2,999,998 million grant from NASA to identify and ...

A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt filled with sand stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to New Mexico, all for the purpose of one mission: oil production ...

Dunes are considered to be essential for coastal protection. In countries like the Netherlands, where one third of the ...

While droves of vacationers flock to beaches overlooking the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, inland residents enjoy Michigan's rolling sand dunes, ocean-like shoreline and sweeping vistas.

Appearances can be deceiving. At first glance, you'd never think the rolling white sand dunes of southeastern New Mexico and west Texas held the largest stand of oak in the country. The region's ...