climate_change - Through the sandglass

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April 2014

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

April 1, 2014 6 min read

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February 2014

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

February 1, 2014 7 min read

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The next book

The Greek word for ‘desert’ is eremos, from which comes ‘hermit,’ and that is exactly what I have been for quite a while. The word is appropriate because I have...

January 1, 2014 7 min read

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January 2014

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

January 1, 2014 8 min read

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August 2013

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

August 1, 2013 4 min read

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Robots rumble on through the sand

The fascination of nature informing technology continues. I have reported periodically on robotics and locomotion in sand, most recently after my personal encou...

June 1, 2013 7 min read

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June 2013

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

June 1, 2013 7 min read

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The waves roll on - and Breezy Point tries to rebuild

Back in the very early days of this blog, one of the great and rewarding pieces of serendipity was getting to know Larry Deemer, sand aficionado and photographe...

May 1, 2013 3 min read

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April 2013

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

April 1, 2013 9 min read

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February 2013

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

February 1, 2013 5 min read

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January 2013

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

January 1, 2013 3 min read

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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