In the delicate balancing act between human development and protecting the fragile natural world, sand is weighing down the scales on the human side. A group of international scientists in this ...

IN walking across the beach between tide-marks at Port Erin on April 7, I noticed a greenish-brown discoloration of the sand in places especially along the edges of the ripple-marks and other ...

A 16-year-old girl got trapped up to her neck in a hole in the sand at Mission Beach in San Diego just an hour before high tide. Good Samaritans and lifeguards were able to get her out in time.

Sand samples from high, middle and low tide marks were tested for load-bearing capacity, grain-size distribution, visual aesthetics, and cleanliness. The team, led by Bournemouth University, found the ...

Scientists outline the urgency to better identify the significant damage sand extraction across the world heaps upon marine biodiversity. In the delicate balancing act between human development ...