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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...

May 1, 2014 6 min read

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Fact-checking – and a new xerocole

Being still in the throes of editing and correcting the proofs for the new book (with the exception of compiling the index, the least enjoyable part of the whol...

June 1, 2014 5 min read

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The 6th June

It just seems appropriate to provide a link to my post of last year on the stunning and moving memorial at Arromanches by artists Andy Moss and Jamie Wardley. A...

June 1, 2014 1 min read

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The United Nations watches ‘Sand Wars’

Serendipity is a wonderful thing, and I was surprised and delighted to find, completely by accident while looking for something else, this document, published b...

June 1, 2014 2 min read

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June 2014

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

June 1, 2014 5 min read

As far as the moral high-ground is concerned...

…the earth is flat. [sorry, just watched the evening news, couldn’'t help myself.]

July 1, 2014 1 min read

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Mars comes to Stevenage

Stevenage: for readers outside of the UK it may not ring much of a bell, and indeed, with no disrespect to Stevenagians, for most UK readers it is not one of ou...

July 1, 2014 4 min read

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July 2014

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

July 1, 2014 6 min read

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August 2014

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

August 1, 2014 6 min read

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Border nourishment sand wars

We are all familiar with the endless (and expensive) foolishness of ‘beach nourishment’, of the idiocy of Dubai’s artificial sand islands and the general ravage...

September 1, 2014 4 min read

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September 2014

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

September 1, 2014 4 min read

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Earth Science Week 2014

Earth Science Week 2014 “Since October 1998, the American Geosciences Institute has organized this national and international event to help the public gain a be...

October 1, 2014 3 min read