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 ...
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 ...
The Dune films remind us of just how beautiful, mysterious, expansive and changeable sand dunes can be. For centuries these wonderful landforms have filled humans with awe – and in some cases fear and ...
It's risky, I know, choosing hiking shoes for a dune hike in Illinois. The last time I dared myself to trudge through the ...
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MICHIGAN CITY, IN -- The “living” sand dune along Lake Michigan has buried beach parking lot and infrastructure within Indiana Dunes National Park. The sand dune is the largest moving dune on the ...