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 ...

The body of a 67-year-old Ivins man was discovered Sunday at Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park after he went missing days ...

The beach’s dunes are scheduled to be nourished with sand dredged from Kihei Boat Ramp. -- The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Sand dune restoration projects are underway to fight coastal ...

An estimated equivalent of 26,000 truckloads of sand has been lost in six years, according to a new aerial drone survey.

Dunes are often the first line of defence when powerful storms — like the one Cyclone Alfred delivered — batter our coastline. Years of built-up sand provide a natural buffer between coastal ...