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Water on the desert sands
We all know that walking along the beach on wet sand is easier than dragging our feet through the dry stuff. We all know that wet sand is a very different mater...
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February 2014
Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives
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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...
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January 2014
Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives
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An ephemeral memorial in the sands of a Normandy beach
I realise that this post is later than it should have been, but I would be delinquent if I did not note this extraordinary event. A few years ago, on a dismal a...
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October 2013
Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives
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Guest post: The 'sandwave' - a homage to Elvis?
John Lackie writes: Last year I had the pleasure of going on a four-day residential field course as part of an Open University geology module (SXG288); one of t...
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August 2013
Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives
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The sands of Breezy Point
As the residents of Breezy Point continue on their path back to normality after the ravages of superstorm Sandy, part of that normality is that Larry Deemer has...
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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...
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