If the conditions are right desert dunes can sing or hum sounding like the lower notes on a cello. Some dunes sing in G-sharp, other let out nine different tones. Explorer Maro Polo suspected evil spirits playing, todays scientists still work on uncovering the why.
A traditional bath in Ibusuki, Japan, is somewhat different from most other baths. Forget water – this is all about sand. Dark warm sand and lots of it. The sand is said to do wonders.
Plastic waste is always bad. That does not equal that all plastic packaging is bad.
Drawing in sand might appear impermanent, with the next wave or wind wiping it out. This ain’t always the case. Now sand drawings like made by early humans about 100 000 years ago. That’s as far back as when several human species inhabited the earth!
Microplastics, small pieces of plastic less than 5 mm, are found everywhere. What can we do to save our world from drowning in it?
Neanderthaler children left footprints on the beach. The prints have stories to tell!
