But beachgoers should note that the Marina Inn is not an oceanfront property. To get to the beach, you'll need to drive a few miles down Grand Dunes Boulevard. The hotel also offers a free shuttle ...

Primary dunes are composed of sand blown directly from the beach face (active beach), whereas secondary dunes develop following the subsequent modification of primary dunes. Davies (1980 ...

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 ...

Over time, many beaches will naturally replenish. But sand dunes will take longer. And there are areas where the damage will linger. Cyclone Alfred travelled up and down the coast for a fortnight ...

Students are swapping their textbooks for shovels in a mission to restore sand dunes at Coney Island Creek. It's considered one of the most polluted waterways in New York City. For decades ...

The difference is a matter of size: ripples are small ridges of sand with a height (amplitude) typically less than 4 cm and wave lengths (crest to crest) less than 60 cm, while dunes have the same ...

Sand dunes are an much-loved part of our coastline, but they have been in decline for decades. Now a new project aims to protect the dunes and the rare animals who live in them — with over £4m of ...