Specifically Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, home of the tallest dunes in North America. “We just had one of our scientists do some measurements, and Hidden Dune is the tallest dune ...

So, how does sand making a mess benefit anyone? You may have seen beach dunes if you ever made a trip to the beach. Beach dunes are those mounds of sand formed by the wind. The first step in dune ...

The famed coastal dunes that inspired the shifting sand landscape of the desert planet Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel “Dune” are also under siege — from climate change ...

Colorado has another unique gem waiting to be explored: The Great Sand Dunes National Park! Here, the star attraction isn't a ...

Over a hundred years ago, giant sand dunes threatened to overwhelm parts of Florence, Ore. These dunes snake along the coast for over 50 miles, and some are taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Thousands of families visit the Outer Banks to climb the incredible sand dunes at Jockeys Ridge each year. Many have no idea, ...

David Thomas receives funding from NERC and The Leverhulme Trust. He is also affiliated with The University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. The Dune films remind us of just how beautiful ...

You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d landed in the Middle East. But these are the Tottori Sand Dunes, wedged along the coast of Japan’s sparsely populated San’in region, the country’s ...

Save the Dunes drew a line in the sand. So did the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. So did the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. And now it’s up to the Indiana Natural Resources Commission ...

SO WE GET TO USE ALL THAT SAND, SAND THAT WOULD NORMALLY GET TOSSED BACK INTO THE OCEAN WILL INSTEAD BE USED TO REBUILD THE DUNES. THE COUNTY RECENTLY APPROVED NEARLY $8 MILLION TO MAKE THIS ...

A high-resolution camera mounted on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped pictures of unusual, almost perfectly circular sand dunes on the Red Planet's surface. When you purchase through ...