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.
Cambodia Under Sandmen’s Spell
Singapore is struggling to find the sand it needs for its gigantic land reclamation and construction projects.
Claims Mining is Destroying Famous Sand Dunes
Kurnell Peninsula is in danger of becoming an island.
Liberia: Coastal Erosion Displaces Hundreds
Coastal erosion has wiped out dozens of homes and left nearly 200 inhabitants homeless in Buchanan. Most of the erosion is caused by unregulated sand mining.
Would it still be Miami Beach with Foreign Sand?
Miami Beach leaders are eyeing sand from foreign sources such as the Bahamas, as the domestic supply runs dry.