Articles for tag: desert phenomena, geological processes, moving dunes, natural wonders, sand dunes

Do Sand Dunes “Breathe”? The Marching Hills That Walk Across Highways

Suhail Ahmed

Every year, drivers in desert regions watch a strange, silent procession: hills of sand advancing across asphalt, swallowing guardrails and warning signs as if the road were a riverbed. The spectacle invites a deeper question that sounds almost mystical – do dunes, in some sense, breathe? Scientists say the answer is both yes and no, ...

The Desert Phenomenon Known as "Singing Sand Dunes" Explained

The Desert Phenomenon Known as “Singing Sand Dunes” Explained

Gargi Chakravorty

You might have heard tales from ancient travelers describing eerie voices in the desert, supernatural sounds that seemed to emerge from nowhere in the vast silence of sand dunes. What Marco Polo described as “evil spirits” making music in the thirteenth century wasn’t supernatural at all. It was physics in action, creating one of nature’s ...