It is the most extracted solid material on Earth – but this extraction can threaten ecosystems and livelihoods Malé is one of the world’s most overcrowded cities, but it faces double pressure. As well ...

GENEVA, May 12 (Reuters) - Growing global demand for sand, driven by rapid urbanisation and construction, is exceeding sustainable supply and putting ecosystems and livelihoods at risk, ‌the United ...

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A team of researchers based in Norway and Japan might soon have you walking on desert sand, no matter how far from the dunes you live. This group of engineers has developed a method to transform it ...

The first time Sumaira Abdulali tangoed with the sand mafia, it was 2004. She was 43 years old and enjoying time with her husband and two kids at the family’s holiday home on the western coast of ...

Six months ago, while coping with the singular affliction that is pregnancy exhaustion, I fell down a stationery rabbit hole. Given my mental state — my brain felt like a piece of styrofoam, useless ...

If you’ve ever been to Bermuda, you’ve probably seen their famous pink-sand beaches, made up of the shells of tiny sea creatures. Or if you’ve traveled to Hawaii, you may have visited black-sand ...

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Erin Argyilan was wrapping up a scientific study of wind speeds on Mount Baldy last year when she saw a circle of beachgoers on their knees halfway up the hulking sand dune. They appeared to be ...

Jeff Campbell worked for 20 years as a criminal investigator for the state of New Mexico. He specialized in cold cases. These days, he applies his sleuthing skills to a case so cold it’s buried ...

Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high-purity silica sand is essential for making the ...

If stomping your way across the desert on a giant, leggy, weaponized platform with a few of your best friends sounds like a good time, have I got a game for you. Especially if along the way you want ...