Scientists outline the urgency to better identify the significant damage sand extraction across the world heaps upon marine biodiversity.

Sand is one of the most extracted natural resources on Earth, yet its environmental impact remains dangerously overlooked.

L.A. County beach officials said Tuesday that chunks of fire debris and silt washed up on shores after the recent storms. But while they advise avoiding big pieces of debris, being around fine pieces ...

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Mounting reports of illegal seabed dredging in Indonesian waters have raised ecological alarm bells following the resumption ...

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Scores of microscopic eggs revealed from sediment on Willows Beach in Oak Bay serve as a retirement reward for Tony Otten. He’s scoured beaches from Saanich to Esquimalt for more than two years, ...

Black sand on RK Beach in Visakhapatnam raises concerns of pollution, prompting authorities to take action for cleaner ...

Scores of microscopic eggs revealed from Willows Beach sediment serve as a retirement reward for Tony ... Surf smelt and ...

Sites B4 and C4 show many dark layers with changes in susceptibility and L values: a shallow black layer enriched ... of clay (<4 µm) and silt (4-63 µm) are approximately 30% and 70%, respectively, ...

“Fire debris runoff and pollutants in the water and on the sand may contain toxic or carcinogenic ... They are full of sediment, debris and hazardous materials,” he said, while assuring ...