This work, carried out in collaboration with a PhD student from the Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (CNRS / Observatoire de Paris / UPMC / Université Paris Diderot ...

Journal of Applied Meteorology (1962-1982), Vol. 8, No. 6 (December 1969), pp. 874-883 (10 pages) It is suggested that helical roll vortices in the atmosphere are responsible for the formation of the ...

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 ...

image: Studies of crescent-shaped dunes by Brazilian researchers could have applications in crude oil pumping and missions to Mars, among others. New findings have been published in Physical Review ...

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 ...

I'm neck-deep in one of those weeks where it feels like I can barely stop and rest for a minute, much less write a blog post worth reading. So, instead, here are some striking images of sand dunes in ...

Dust storms are a common occurrence in the deserts of northern China and previous researchers have attempted to locate the most important sources of dust. Dust is important from a variety of ...

Grain-size characteristics of dune networks in the Tengger Desert of northwestern China were investigated. Grain-size parameters (mean, standard deviation, skew, and kurtosis) were determined on dune ...

The giant sand dunes that form in deserts around the world can only grow so big, according to a new study. Interactions with a thin atmospheric layer that floats kilometres above the ground stop the ...

No sign yet of giant sandworms, but NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has sent back close-up images that show sand ripples on the Red Planet's dunes are of a type not found in Earth's deserts. The ...