Sand dunes

Since the adventure bug bit on his maiden 500kmPlus challenge in 2015, the 41-year-old Capetonian has been testing his mettle cross-country and fundraising for local charities. Willie started small – his words, not mine – when he ran, cycled and paddled a distance of 581km from Mossel Bay to Franschhoek. Funds raised on his first 500kmPlus adventure went to Tin Can Town and assisted impoverished communities in Blikkiesdorp. Next up was the 511km journey along rugged West Coast, which was in aid of

The Screaming on the Beach Less than 20 feet away from me, a bomb exploded. Blood spattered, and bits of acrid smelling skin sailed passed my ear. Behind me, a group of American soldiers charged forward, their machine guns aimed towards the sand dunes. I looked down at my little brother Martin, who was laying curled up in the fetal position, his head pressed against my chest. “Come on, Marty. Let's go!” I stood up and yanked him to his feet. “We gotta follow the other guys!” Martin didn't move

problem with solution such as dune stabilization and rip rap walls. Rip rap walls are when larged rocks are piled in a certain angle to catch drifting sand and protect the beaches from harsher waves and to protect buildings from high tides. There are also many programs which help to ensure the stabilization of dunes, these include the planting of new vegetation to combat erosion, fencing and designated walkways to prevent human interference. The main reason of dune stabilization is to slow down

the CBD to logically explain why the imperial sand dunes outside of Yuma need to be closed to off road use. To look into this argument requires that you look more deeply into the issues that are really at hand. Now that the CBD has no claims that support what they actually stand for, that being of something environmentally related, they must now tread onto foreign territory saying such things as “While most people who come to the Imperial Sand Dunes respect the law and each other, as ABCNEWS reported

and other native vegetation to stabilize the dune line. These efforts are effective only in areas where the dune line remains in public or county owned areas. Hotels and private residential structures have frequently been built on the dunes. Thus there would be gaps in vegetation planting lessening the overall effectiveness. Also, this mitigation strategy slows the drifting of dunes, it does not prevent water caused erosion or destruction of the dune lines resulting in repeated replanting. • Lining

environments include beach dunes, coastal berms, coastal grasslands, coastal rock barrens, coastal strands, maritime hammocks and shell mounds. The levels of these

has kept on expanding, especially into previously “pristine” environments, thus removing “access” to a great deal of the sand that was in the area. Human expansion has also resulted in the introduction of exotic or invasive species of flora, that may have impacted the native vegetation that existed on the beachfront, and as a result, changed the structure of the pre-existing sand. This is generally due to the exotic species impacting the food web, and spreading very quickly, likely due to having many

Cape Cod, Massachusetts The beaches in Cape Cod attract hordes of visitors every day, most of who are attracted by the sparkling sands and aquamarine waters. The most popular area of the beachside for tourist is the Cape Cod National Seashore in the outer Cape Cod. On the overall, the Sandy beaches in Cape Code stretch some 559 miles. There are several places along the beach where children can enjoy low tide water pools. The other attractions here include clean public bathing waters, waterfront accommodations

When going to the sand dunes of the Illinois Beach State Park, we wanted to test the effects of different environment on succession, ecosystem development. The problem was to find out if there is a succession (ecosystem development) of plant communities taking place. If the sand dune’s closer to the lake are newer than those further inland, then, I believe succession will take place because the newest dunes do not have rich enough soil to support more complex plants like trees and shrubs growing

“Mending Wall,” was a poet fascinated by the mind and by very earthly objects; dealing with how people felt about life in conjunction with the environment. For example, in the poem “Sand Dunes,” Frost describes the sea and a woman, who in actuality is the sand dune. He transforms the sand dune into a person by referring to the dune as a she (Wagner 72). Some of Frost’s works share this theme of making nature into a person, which