The world abhors cutting down the Amazon rainforest. But did you know that Saskatchewan’s native grasslands are a far more ...

They are the largest active sand surface in Canada ... Any pictures I've seen from the dunes are amazing, depicting scenery unlike any I've seen before. This hidden Saskatchewan treasure is ...

The Sable Falls and Dunes Trails start from the same trailhead and split to take you either to a breathtaking view from atop ...

The Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival was named by USA Today's 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards as one of the best ...

A narrow strip of scrubland and sand dunes on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt has emerged as a major obstacle in talks ...

Sand dunes are a natural part of the habitat at Sandbanks and help prevent flooding and coastal erosion Views are being sought on the future of sand dunes at a popular tourist hotspot. Sandbanks ...

Sand grains that are very round and dry (moisture on the dune's surface can cause sand to clump together, inhibiting avalanching) Grains on the dune's surface that are "well sorted," meaning they ...

How can something that is constantly shifting stand up to 750 feet tall? This southwestern park features the largest sand dunes in North America, and the key to their extraordinary height seems to lie ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...

this issue). Sand deposition, accretion, and erosion within the coastal environment result in the development of a variety of dune morphologies; however, a general classification into primary and ...

The SandAI neural network was trained using modern quartz sand and can help unravel the histories encoded in ancient rocks.

Appearances can be deceiving. At first glance, you'd never think the rolling white sand dunes of southeastern New Mexico and west Texas held the largest stand of oak in the country. The region's ...