The UK National Lottery has granted £4 million to get sand dunes barren and dynamic. A part of the cure is to help rabbits inhabit the dunes and to invite people to hike, play, and explore in the dunes!
Airport officials in Sardinia, have returned 10 tonnes of seized sand collected as souvenirs. If you’re a sand collector be aware of where you may and may NOT collect sand!
Imagine starting a fire that burns for generations. In Turkmenistan a geologist unknowingly did. OUAW’s Turkmen sand is from Ashgabat.
On Greenland climate change and warmer temperatures have a positive side effect. Its coastlines grow with expanding sand deltas. Scientists suggest that Greenland could boost
Sand is a scarce resource. Waste is not. Waste glass replace sand in an Australian highway.
The world is running out of sand. It’s one of the worlds most used natural resources. The roads we use, many of the buildings we are in, the glass we drink from, the digital device you use to read this all have sand as a key ingredient.
