Barchan dunes are crescent-shaped sand formations that occur in arid environments ... particularly how they interact with each other and how fluid flow affects their formation and movement.

Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators ...

As the water-table in permeable sand forms a horizontal or very gently sloping surface, deflation basins within dunefields, and the sand plains at the rear of transgressive dunes or between dune ...

the test dune and shoreline are equipped with a wide range of measuring instruments. Says Poppema, "With the sensors we will measure the water flow, height of the waves and erosion of sand." ...

I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 ... air that broke up the smooth flow of wind across the surface. When I gained altitude to find our dune camp, I began flying with ...

Archaeologists removed the sand dune, then built a “protective wall” with “thousands” of sand bags to keep the water from filling the ship, the study said. Photos show the process.

Major coastal storms have recently impacted Maine’s beaches making them more vulnerable to storm surge and rising seas.“The average had been like every seven ye ...