Journal of Applied Meteorology (1962-1982), Vol. 8, No. 6 (December 1969), pp. 874-883 (10 pages) It is suggested that helical roll vortices in the atmosphere are responsible for the formation of the ...
On a cold winter day in December 2007, a bulldozer flattened nearly 40 acres (16 hectares) of Inner Mongolia's Tengger Desert. It was the start of a unique experiment: For the first time, scientists ...
Mars is one of our closest planetary neighbors, and yet we still have so much to learn about it. One of the questions that planetary scientists have yet to answer all these years is where all of the ...
The age of one of Earth's largest and most complex types of sand dune has been calculated for the first time. Star dunes - or pyramid dunes - are named after their distinctive shapes and reach ...
"The CO2 ice block began to dig into the slope and move downwards just like a burrowing mole or the sandworms from 'Dune.' It ...
Understanding dunes is important, since he who controls the Spice controls the Universe That’s the last Dune joke, I promise. Understanding the mechanisms behind desert sand dune formation and ...
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 10, 2019 -- If you've ever looked closely at a 3D sand or sediment dune within a river or coastal area, did you wonder how it formed? After noticing how the construction of ...
Formed from windblown dry sands, dunes are meant to protect inland areas, acting as a first line of defense from flooding. The small ridges or hills of sand, usually found at the top of a beach, take ...
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