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The man who figured out how deserts work

Among the many things that are intoxicating about the desert, the things that draw us back, I find the silence perhaps the most compelling. In a world where noi...

January 1, 2009 16 min read

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January 2009

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

January 1, 2009 5 min read

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Sand, Earth Systems, and the Importance of Size

Now, back to the subject of this blog, but still following the global theme. In the course of researching and writing the book, I learned a lot and came across...

December 1, 2008 8 min read

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December 2008

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

December 1, 2008 6 min read

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Tsunami forensics - sand helping save lives

I was enjoying the cultural splendours of St Petersburg when the devastating tsunami of December 2004 hit. Since the only source of information that CNN news co...

December 1, 2008 6 min read