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

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

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

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

WEST HAVEN, Conn. (WFSB) - In West Haven, one beach is disappearing. Its sand has been washing away over the years. Years ago, the beach stretched far out. Now, the tide line is just a few feet once ...

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (WCIV) — Renourishment efforts on Breach Inlet were taking place early Tuesday morning, as crews work to replace sand lost to erosion. According to a representative with the ...

sand mining has become a multi-million-dollar industry, driven by a construction boom fuelled by Chinese investment. Along the Mekong river, my team has documented sites of severe bank erosion ...

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 ...