I'll never forget my first haboob. I was playing alone in the shade on my front porch when the blazing, still, summer afternoon suddenly changed. I noticed the difference in air pressure first, but it ...

Wind isn't acting alone in the geological process behind erosion, sand dunes and airborne dust particles called aerosols. The other culprit is electricity. By taking both factors into account, ...

Aeolian sand transport dynamics encompasses the study of wind‐driven sediment movement, which is fundamental to understanding landscape evolution in arid and semi‐arid environments. Research in this ...

Jeepers creepers, leapers and saltons too: a sandstorm in Jordan. (Courtesy: iStockphoto/yafa80) The colliding of whipped-up grains of sand increases the strength of sandstorms, according to ...

Dust and sand motion are a common sight on Mars. Understanding the interaction of atmosphere and Martian soil is fundamental to describe the planet’s weather, climate and surface morphology. We set up ...

A little wind goes a long way on the red planet The sands of Mars are a conundrum for physicists. Both dunes and ripples of sand appear to move around on the surface, and the stuff has fallen onto the ...

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Lorsque le vent est suffisamment fort, des grains de sable sont soulevés et entraînés par le vent avant de retomber rapidement vers le sol sous l'effet de leur poids. En impactant le sol, ces grains ...