THE Israeli city of Ashdod has all the features found in a modern metropolis. Shopping malls, theatres, nightclubs, bars, plenty of good schools. But there is something else, too. Every weekend, at ...

Scientists have solved the mysterious absence of star-shaped dunes from Earth's geological history for the first time, dating one back thousands of years. The study by Aberystwyth University, Birkbeck ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A windy day on the beach can leave you a sandy mess with sand everywhere from in your clothes to sand in your hair. Windy beach days, however, can be very important to a beach's ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Star sand dunes have long been tricky to record, but a new scientific method solves ...

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Rich Whittecar isn’t searching for Blackbeard’s lost treasure in the sand dunes at First Landing State Park. Some people seem to think that when they see him wearing a hard hat and carrying a shovel ...

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 and human ...

The National Trust has warned that the sand dune system at Crantock in Cornwall has undergone a "dramatic" and "noticeable" changes in recent years. Although changes to sand dunes are part of a ...