Jervis Bay, New South Wales
The brilliant sands of Jervis Bay owe their color (or lack of it) to the relentless action of water from old rivers, and rising and falling seas over thousands of years. According to the Guinness Book of Records, the sands around Jervis Bay are the whitest in the world. These sands are also finer than typical ocean beach sand.
“Free Sand” Season Begins, Lake Michigan
Residents on Muskegon’s Beach Street once again giving away the beach accumulated in their yards…
Dune de Pyla, A new “Sahara” desert being born in France, In Pictures
The Great Dune of Pyla is the tallest sand dune in Europe. It is located in the Arcachon Bay area, France, 37 miles (60 km) from Bordeaux. The dune moves relentlessly towards the interior of the country and gradually covers buildings and roads…
Tracking Sediment Carried by Mississippi Flood to Louisiana’s Wetlands
The spring 2011 flood on the Mississippi was among the largest floods ever, the river swelling over its banks and wreaking destruction in the surrounding areas. But a study also shows that the floods reaped environmental benefits, transporting and laying down new sediment in portions of the Delta, that may help maintain the area’s wetlands.
Tony Plant’s Ethereal Sand Drawing Art
British artist Tony Plant a time based, environmental artist, sand-painter and photographer, borrows his canvas from nature by using the wet sand of low-lying coastal lands of England as his working surface.
New Fracking Frontier Scares Residents
Due to a rapid increase in demand, sand used in hydraulic fracturing, has become a valuable commodity, and sand mines are opening in the US at a rapid rate.
Sediment Plume along the Coast of Spain
The Guadalquivir River empties into the Golfo de Cádiz along Spain’s southwestern coast. In November 2012, the river delivered a heavy load of sediment to the gulf.
Fish Trawling Unexpected Impacts
For almost a century, fishing fleets have trawled for shrimp off Spain’s Mediterranean coast by dragging nets along the flat, shallow coastal sea floor. But in the 1960s, they also started to pursue shrimp farther offshore and into rugged canyons as deep as 800 metres. The impact they had on this rougher terrain was a mystery.
Indian sand artist wins prize in Denmark
A sand sculpture on marine conservation, a 20-feet high sculpture “Save the Ocean” created by Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik, has won the prestigious audience prize at an international sand art competition held in Copenhagen.