Northern marsupial moles (Notoryctes caurinus) are known by the Martu — the traditional owners of a large part of central Western Australia — as Kakarratul and live in the sand dunes of the ...

Sand dunes fringe large tracts of the world’s coastlines, built from wind-blown sand derived from the drying intertidal beach zone and trapped by onshore vegetation. While only 7% of the British ...

The dune study area in South Australia was half a mile southeast of 42 Mile Crossing. Patrick Hesp. ... 2013 and 2019, showing erosion of the shoreline and formation of new sand dunes.

The wild weather associated with La Niña will drive more erosion along Australia’s east coast – enough to wipe out entire stretches of beaches and dunes, if all factors align.

Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, ... “Marsupial moles live in the sand, near the top of the sand dunes,” she said.