Stage Sand Transport System Winds blowing over a dune can move grains of sand in three main ways. What path these grains take ...

A new study has uncovered the mystery of how mini sand dunes form on beaches and in deserts. A new study led by the University of Southampton and research institutes in France has uncovered the ...

For the first time ever, scientists have figured out the age of one of Earth's oldest star dunes. These peculiar sand dunes get their name from the designs of rocks and sand that seem to spread down ...

An innovative technique for measuring the force acting on individual grains of sand could help scientists uncover how winds ...

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 ...

While giant “star dunes” have been observed all over the world, their age and origin have remained something of a mystery — but now, new findings could shed light on these magnificent desert ...

Brazilian researchers have developed a technique that estimates the force exerted on each grain of sand in a dune from images ...

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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 ...

Scientists find Martian dune gullies are carved by dry ice sublimation, producing sinuous tracks and springtime features once ...