MEARS, MI -- The first signs of spring bring to mind green sprouts popping out of the ground, birds chirping in the trees and tires revving through sand as ORVs climb the 100-foot dunes in Silver Lake ...

The world’s tallest freshwater sand dunes are found in Michigan, attracting tourists from around the globe to play in the ...

Winds blowing over a dune can move grains of sand in three main ways. What path these grains take depends on their size, although the exact size in each category can change from site to site. Think of ...

In some places, sand dunes protect shorelines from the onslaught of ocean waves. In other places, the dunes themselves are on the move, and threaten human structures. Host Flora Lichtman talks with ...

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