Most beaches have sand that’s pale, soft, and familiar. But some beaches stand out because of their sand color.

Instead of white sand, black sand, or even popcorn sand, the beach has sand with a distinctive green color. While you might ...

Discover the urgent global crisis of sand depletion, a critical but overlooked resource essential for construction and ...

Sand is possibly something you take for granted; it gets in your hair and your clothes and all over your food at the beach. But sand is also fascinating. Sandy beaches are dynamic: sand accumulates ...

The gift arrived in central Wisconsin … all the way from the North Pole. The post How a Christmas gift created Sand Valley’s ...

Sand is a ubiquitous construction material, and that’s taking a growing toll on coastal ecosystems and communities. Sand is a ubiquitous construction material, and that’s taking a growing toll on ...

As Southern California legend has it, a century ago, a chain of sandy freighters dared to make the cross-ocean journey from California to Hawaii, in hopes of solving two problems at once. In the early ...

Uncover why Saudi Arabia and the UAE import construction-grade sand from Australia despite their vast deserts. Learn about ...

When the tide is low on the southern Oregon coast, giant spiraling paths can be seen drawn in the sand. In the spring and summer, people flock to Bandon to walk these artistic labyrinths that stretch ...

Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain Southeast Asia’s ...

Have you ever sat on the beach and run your hands through the sand as a way to just relax and be in the moment? Or maybe you spent a couple of minutes tracing shapes in the sand? The truth is, it can ...

What happens as a raindrop impacts bare soil has been fairly well-studied, but what happens to raindrops afterward is poorly ...