Archive: 2009
Posts from 2009
Kitchen physics continued
Some further observations, and hints for readers who wish to try this at home (or in the classroom). I was, as you could probably tell, flushed with the success...
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Sandstone-making microbes, tafoni - and an extraordinary design idea
I love connections. Those unexpected and wonderful threads of stories that link and flow from one subject to another, subjects that would have seemed to have ha...
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April 2009
Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives
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Clogged Arteries - natural and unnatural rivers
Rivers are vital but also complex and dynamic systems - vital for the planet and vital for us. Civilization has always had an intimate relationship with rivers....
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Invading dunes
Dunes move - it’s what they do, it’s what makes them dunes as opposed to lifeless piles of sand; and nothing will stand in their way. The images above are of du...
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On the sands of time - the footprints of Ileret
I know that much has been written on this elsewhere over the last few days, but this blog is about the stories that sand can tell us - how could I possibly omit...
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Rivers again - sandbags in the Red River Valley
Last Sunday was World Water Day, highlighting the global issues associated with this precious resource. But one of those issues is, as with all natural resource...
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Rugby: England 34, France 10
Right, a new category for this blog - sport. I tend, not surprisingly, to collect images that use sand in any way, and the picture above comes from an advertisi...
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March 2009
Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives
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Building New York - the Long Island Sandminers
You’re standing by the side of the road when a dump truck hauls into view, one of the big ones, filled with sand. It’s closely followed by another, and another,...
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Drawing lines in the sand - the art of Jim Denevan
Anyone who builds a sandcastle, or doodles on the beach, feels the impermanence of such creations. It’s one of sand’s many qualities - for a material that lends...
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