Dunes can preserve a record of historic climate changes and shifting continents.
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Some Aussie beaches are being reshaped and coastal dunes are marching inland. We used data from aerial photography, field surveys, laser mapping and drones to study incredible rates of change.
Until now, a limitation of records of past fires is that these have come from sediments laid down in lakes and bogs. Records for dryland regions have been lacking, but dune deposits can fill the gap.
Establishing the age of K'gari (Fraser Island) confirms it emerged before the reef, despite the climate being suitable for coral growth long before then.
There are many bodies in the solar system we can’t easily access. But observations of their winds and sediments reveal a surprising amount.
We simulated the desert planet to find out.
One of Europe’s last intact mobile and vegetated dune ecosystems is in danger of being loved to death. What can be done?
Desertification and climate change are threatening ancient sites in the Sahara.
It appears that the South African Cape south coast’s dunes and beaches formed a vast canvas of sand on which our ancestors could leave their mark.
For some sand-dwelling plants, stickiness is a defense tactic that keeps predators at bay.
Top contributors
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Professor, Flinders University
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Adjunct Professor, University of Queensland, and Professor and Head of School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury
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Research Lead Future Electrical Machines Manufacturing Hub, University of Sheffield
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Integrated Terrain Analysis Program, Desert Research Institute
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PhD Researcher, Sand Movement in Sudan, University of Nottingham
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Research Associate, African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience, Nelson Mandela University
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Research Associate in Paleoclimate Modelling, University of Bristol
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University
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Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Oklahoma State University
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Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Flinders University
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Senior Research Associate in Meteorology, University of Bristol
