Tag: dunes

  • How do dunes change over time? New methodologies can tell us

    How do dunes change over time? New methodologies can tell us

    It is a well known phenomenon that sand shifts: from the sand flowing in an hourglass to eroding beaches, time, gravity and friction make it difficult to predict how anything composed of sand will change over time. However, understanding how dunes–the great, sandy, protectors of the coast–might change in response to different conditions is a matter of importance to coastal…