In Riverside County, Oswit Land Trust was awarded $1.5 million for 642 acres in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains, preserving healthy coastal sage scrub, grasslands, and other habitats ...

Mleiha may be a fairly unassuming small town surrounded by the dunes of the Sharjah desert, but the area around it is ...

THERE'S a little-known beach in Italy that looks like the Sahara Desert. With huge golden sands, dunes and beautiful blue waters, it's one of the most beautiful places to go on holiday, and you'll ...

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez) A sand dune is backdropped by Atlas Energy plant at the beginning of a 42-mile conveyor belt that carries sand needed for hydraulic fracturing Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in ...

“Anyone concerned with the health of majestic landscapes from Southern California’s Mojave Desert to Northern ... lava flows, sand dunes, valleys and cactus gardens into 40-acre ranches.

Over time, many beaches will naturally replenish. But sand dunes will take longer. And there are areas where the damage will linger. Cyclone Alfred traveled up and down the coast for a fortnight ...

But did you know that the state is also home to a desert unlike any ... lies Theri Kaadu — a red sand marvel spanning approximately 500 square kilometres. This unique terrain is distinguished by its ...

Waves as high as "three or four-storey buildings" whipped up by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred have gouged millions of cubic metres of sand from about ... metres high in some dunes, including on ...

As for the locals, opinions over the nudists, who normally nestle among the sand dunes at the back of the beach, are mixed. “It really doesn’t bother me at all knowing they are there.

Julian Leyland receives funding from UKRI. Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high ...