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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Unravel the Mysteries of Earth’s Towering Star Dunes—Massive, Moving Mountains of Sand

From the ground, star dunes look like towering, pyramid-shaped mounds of sand. But when viewed from above, their namesake shape becomes more obvious: Tendrils of sand radiate out from a central peak, ...
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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 ...
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 ...