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Desert under blue sky

A new model could help stall shifting sand dunes, protecting infrastructure and ecosystems

26 Oct 2021

Cambridge scientists have used downscaled laboratory models to show how sand dunes move through a landscape, revealing the conditions that determine...

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Sand dune

Sand dunes can ‘communicate’ with each other

04 Feb 2020

Even though they are inanimate objects, sand dunes can ‘communicate’ with each other, researchers have found. A team from the University of Cambridge...

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What makes a sand dune sing?

04 Nov 2016

When solids flow like liquids they can make sand dunes sing, and they can also result in a potentially deadly avalanche. Cambridge researchers are...

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