These plumes can blanket and smother sensitive ecosystems like coral reefs or seagrass beds that require ... the negative consequences of sand dredged from the ocean? Jouffray: One could argue ...

The island was the site of industrial mining of aragonite sand before it was abandoned ... 400 hard coral colonies from debris on the ocean bed to a place where they could grow.

“We can't get our ocean rescue vehicles from point A to point ... the Army Corps uncovered an estimated 300,000 tires in the sand bed. Those tires appear to have drifted from an artificial ...

Jan. 11—After swollen surf chewed the face from a 20-foot-tall sand berm on Ocean Shores' southern shoreline for the second time in two weeks, officials opted for a firmer tactic to hold off the ...

A dredger pumps sand to reclaim land in Sri Lanka Around six billion tonnes of sand is dredged from the world's oceans every year, endangering marine life and coastal communities, the UN says.

The long-awaited Northern Ocean County beach replenishment project is likely to begin this winter after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has been awarded a ...

The video, shared over 4,000 times on Facebook, shows a snake gliding across the sand and into the ocean. "All the years I've been going to Ocean City, I would have never thought that there were ...

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Indonesia that could rewrite the story of human origins. They found the skull of Homo erectus, an ancient human ancestor, over 140,000 years after it ...

but the organizers behind a Friday art event at Ocean Beach say they hope their sand-etched art piece will inspire others to carry out similar acts of creative resistance. A dozen or so rake ...

GENEVA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Around 6 billion tons of marine sand is being dug up each year in a growing practice that a U.N. agency said is unsustainable and can wipe out local marine life ...