Volunteers clear sour fig to protect sand dunes

The 15-strong team joined the Alderney Wildlife Trust to remove sour fig, which is thought to have been introduced after ...
The Conversation

Dune: how high could giant sand dunes actually grow on Arrakis?

Alex Farnsworth receives funding from UK Research and Innovation. He is affiliated with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), Chinese Academy of Sciences. Sebastian Steinig receives funding ...
Astronomy

How the shapes of martian sand dunes reveal the planet’s winds

Scientists have devised a new way to study winds on Mars by examining sand dunes on the planet’s surface. The resulting wind map could help explain recent changes in the martian climate and provide ...
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Inside the national park with 'Europe's most exceptional' moving sand dunes - so high they've swallowed an entire village and forest

So much of nature is just as ominous as it is beautiful. And that’s definitely true of the sand dunes in Slowinski National Park, Poland. Set along the country’s Baltic coastline, the 186.18 km2 ...