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Planning a beach holiday? This popular European beach has banned umbrellas for most visitorsSardinia's popular beaches are introducing new rules for summer. Most visitors cannot bring umbrellas. Only families with young children an...- Amit Shah outlines four-pillar border grid, pitches for new 'territorial security'India is set to introduce a new 'territorial security' concept. A quadrangular security grid will be established, involving the public, civ...
- In 1850, islanders clearing storm-stripped dunes on Orkney uncovered buried stone homes that revealed one of Europe’s best-preserved Neolithic villagesA prehistoric village, Skara Brae, lay hidden for thousands of years under Orkney's sand dunes. A powerful storm in 1850 uncovered this anc...
- Red sand, palm trees, wildlife: This Tamil Nadu desert is the perfect offbeat destination for curious travellersTamil Nadu, renowned for its temples and hills, harbors a surprising red sand desert called Theri Kaadu. Spanning 12,000 acres in Thoothuku...
- Word of the Day: PsammophileAs readers and writers continue to explore expressive and lesser-known terms, Psammophile offers a refreshing departure from the ordinary, ...
- Man is the most insane species: Madras HC raps Tamil Nadu over sand dune land allotmentThe Madras High Court has cancelled a government order that gave sand dune land to a private school. The court found the decision reckless....
- Why Some Sand Dunes Can Get as Loud as a ConcertCertain desert sand dunes produce a deep, sustained sound, reaching up to 100 decibels, due to synchronized grain movement during avalanche...
- Why Some Sand Dunes Make Loud Humming Sounds, and Most Don’tCertain desert dunes produce a deep, steady sound. This phenomenon occurs when dry sand slides down a dune's steep slope. Millions of grain...
- Scientists Discover Why ‘Singing Sands’ in the Desert Make a Low-Pitched HumSinging sands, a centuries-old mystery, are explained by physics as dry dunes emit audible sounds when grains slide. Uniformly sized grains...
- ‘In seconds, laughter turned to panic’: Muriwai Beach sand dune collapse leads to man’s death while playing with kidsA 28-year-old man tragically died at Muriwai Beach in New Zealand after a sand dune collapsed on him while he was digging a hole in it whil...
- NASA finds frozen dunes on Mars that could provide important insights about life on the Red planetNASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a photo of frozen sand dunes in Mars' northern hemisphere. Taken in September 2022, the photo s...
- Ladakh plans to use fences around Hunder sand dunes, develop Sumoor desertLt Governor R K Mathur Mathur of Ladakh also suggested that a landscaping plan for Nubra should be developed and fences be put around the s...
- Sand dunes to play protector to state’s coastlineThe government will build sand dunes on 20 km of shoreline in Uttara Kannada district to protect beaches from rising sea levels, flooding, ...
- NASA maps sand dunes on MarsA new image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a resistant and highly fractured surface among sand dunes on the red planet.
- Mining on coastal sand dunes poses environmental hazardMining in the dune sand along the coastal belt of Andhra Pradesh has raised many eyebrows.
- Coastal turtle-nesting site in dangerEnvironmentalists and villagers of Pannaiyoor in Rajakkamangalam panchayat are demanding the protection of a vital turtle nesting site on t...
- Gujarat High Court asks govt to ensure protection of sand-dunes at Adani SEZThe Gujarat High Court today directed the state forest department to ensure that no damage was done to the sand dunes at Adani Special Econ...
- High Court seeks report on alleged sand dunes destruction in Adani SEZThe court also issued notices to APSEZ, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, Union Ministry of Commerce, and others.
- Xtreme Desert Safari to rock Rajasthan soonAdventure lovers will have a reason to flock to Rajasthan in the upcoming tourist season of September to April, after hot air ballooning an...
- Removal of 'tsunami sand' threatens coastal villageClearing of sand dunes formed after a major tsunami in the 15th century to build Coastal National Highway in Maharashtra is threatening a v...
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