KERMIT, Texas (AP) — It's longer than the width of Rhode Island, snakes across the oil fields of the southwest U.S. and crawls at 10 mph – too slow for a truck and too long for a train. It's a new ...

The sand dunes of Mars are in no rush to move across the Red Planet's surface, new research shows. It can take up to 1,000 years for dunes to move just a few meters on Mars, largely due to the ...

Twin Cities residents met last week to discuss health concerns related to the transportation of frac sand in Southeast Como and St. Anthony Park neighborhoods. The city-wide meeting, organized by the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Hurricane Isaias left the Town of Oak Island virtually covered in sand, now, town officials are ordering residents to cease all sand-moving operations until further notice ...

A video supposedly showing sand moving like water in the "Allen Alkhai" desert in Saudi Arabia racked up several million views after it was posted to the "All About Geography" Facebook page in May ...

LAST week, a large volume of sand and soil was removed from the foundation excavations of a hotel in Negril and the ensuing commentary has focused on whether or not the investor had the correct ...

OCEAN CITY — Johnny Grantham routinely popped umbrellas and stacked boogie boards and chairs in the sand yesterday, but business at the 85th Street beach stand was anything but usual. As Mr. Grantham ...

Sands of time A new study has found sand dunes on Mars are at least five times more active than earlier estimates, being comparable to dune movement rates on Earth. The findings by researchers ...