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Vandalism is an inadequate word

There is something of a mystery, an historical debate, about who exactly caused the burning of the great Library at Alexandria. There is, however, no mystery ab...

January 1, 2013 3 min read

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December 2012

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

December 1, 2012 3 min read

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The muddied waters of Sandy

In the aftermath of the real super-storm (or hurricane) Sandy, there has been, not surprisingly, a super-storm of reporting, opinionating, blogging, and twitter...

November 1, 2012 7 min read

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The ongoing theme, ongoing

“We cannot sustain the shoreline in the future as we have in the past” Oblique aerial photographs of Mantoloking, NJ. View looking west along the New Jersey sho...

November 1, 2012 4 min read

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November 2012

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

November 1, 2012 7 min read

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Scooped!

How could I not post this? The activities of our Martian geologist friend continue to amaze, the latest being sand sampling. All images and captions are courtes...

October 1, 2012 6 min read

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October 2012

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

October 1, 2012 4 min read

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Perfecting your sandcastle

Before you head off to the beach, you might want to jot down the equation in the image above. Because this is good news for sandcastle builders. Had you been de...

August 1, 2012 9 min read

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Little fellah bums

The critters who make their lives in the sands of the Australian outback are not by nature publicity-seekers. Shy, discreet, and often nocturnal, they are, with...

July 1, 2012 8 min read

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Icons old and deep

Thanks to Walter for bringing to my attention this particularly resonant and compelling image from the recent coverage of the investigation of a dramatic shipwr...

May 1, 2012 5 min read

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Reposing differently on Mars

Sand, Mars, and a challenge to conventional wisdom. What better ingredients for a post could I wish for? The two images above show sedimentary fan deposits, the...

May 1, 2012 8 min read

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Granular flow: the icon continues to surprise

Anyone who reads this blog (and/or the book) will know that I have developed a deep fascination with the bizarre behaviours of granular materials: sand, a seemi...

April 1, 2012 7 min read