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Nature 449, 10-11 (6 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449010a; Published online 5 September 2007
The dune chorus
Philip Ball
The latest explanation of the mysterious 'song of the dunes' — an eerie booming drone emitted by some sand dunes — is stoking the controversy fuelled by rival theories.Research on this striking natural phenomenon became something of a battleground after two groups, previously collaborators, put forward two opposing theories.
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