The Navajo Nation is being buried in sand. A third of that land is now covered with sand dunes as a result of climate change. Roads carouse for livestock; even entire homes have been enveloped, ...

NOGAHABARA DUNES — From a molded seat of sand dug into the western rim of a 5-mile oval of desert, I’m looking out over a sea of tan waves. Spruce spears stick up here and there through the sand. On ...

Day trippers ready to move beyond Death Valley’s greatest hits should consider less popular tracts like the park’s sand dunes ...

Any romantic notion I might have had comparing myself to Lawrence of Arabia was rapidly fading as the spongy ridge of sand leading to the summit of Star Dune at Great Sand Dunes National Park in ...

Dunes of sand and other granular materials can be found in large fields on Earth, Mars and beyond. Dune fields tend to self-order into spatial patterns and the physics underlying this ...

Sand dunes migrate across landscapes by interacting with and repelling one another in what scientists have called "interesting and beautiful physics." These natural formations, which often cover ...

Netherlands-based firm ZJA drew on a lost coastal dune landscape for inspiration with its mixed-use hotel and casino in Middelkerke, Belgium. The project will overlook the North Sea and is envisioned ...

At the southernmost point of Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes National Park — the country’s newest national park — is a world of contrasts. That was on full display as I stood on a beach north of the park ...

It’s a training session like no other – a thigh-burning run up near-vertical sand dunes, set against a stunning backdrop of sun, sea and Fijian pasture. Nadroga rugby club boasts some of the best ...

Playtime took a tragic turn late Tuesday when a flood-built sand dune along Spring Creek collapsed onto a man who had been digging with his daughter. The 31-year-old man's foot was still protruding ...