But there was one I hadn’t realized I’d need to survive the Sahara: reading sand dunes ... in the Libyan Desert in the 1920s and ’30s. Bagnold described barchans as life-forms—they ...

Experts believe rebuilding the dunes will protect the homes and restore the beach environment with its vegetation that is an ...

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the characteristics of desert dunes and their sediments, and explores their dynamics on timescales from days to millennia as they respond to changes in ...

We flew from Beijing to Lanzhou and then drove to a town near the edge of the desert to meet our camel team. We camped in the sand the last night before setting off into the dunes. I didn’t ...