Richard Bangert examines a 1981 environmental assessment by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers while considering Alameda's ...

Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ...

Shorelines in tourism hotspots such as the Gold Coast and Byron Bay have been denuded by giant waves caused by the cyclone, ...

Beaches in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales are scarred by dramatic sand cliffs, but there is good news.

Ex-Cyclone Alfred has caused beach erosion so extreme, it's left escarpments up to six-metres high in some dunes, including ...

Such erosion occurs naturally with a low-pressure system and beaches build back up with calm weather. Authorities will speed the recovery process by bringing in sand to restore beaches in tourist ...

However, new hi-tech surveillance could improve the enforcement of sand mining regulations and improve resilience for these riverbed communities. A site of bank erosion on the Mekong River at ...