Slideshow: The Global Impacts Of Beach Sand Mining
Beach sand: so common, so complex, so perfect for sand castles and now a precious and vanishing resource.
Rebuilding Communities in Flood Prone Coastal Zones
Hurricane Katrina destroyed communities in Louisiana. Ike leveled the Port Bolivar peninsula and parts of Galveston.
Cambodia Under Sandmen’s Spell
Singapore is struggling to find the sand it needs for its gigantic land reclamation and construction projects.
Gravel beaches trapping oil from 1989 Exxon spill
An engineering professor has figured out why oil remains trapped along miles of gravel beaches more than 20 years after the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster in Prince William Sound.
The Negative Impacts Of Groins
The negative impact of groins on downdrift shorelines is well understood.