A beach renourishment project put the "rocks" in Indian Rocks Beach. When the Army Corps of Engineers pumped 1-million cubic yards of sand onto half the Pinellas shore in 1998, the mixture included ...
Around six billion tonnes of sand is dredged from the world's oceans every year, endangering marine life and coastal communities, the UN says. Sand is the most exploited natural resource in the world ...
The race for coastal projects in the country over the last six years envisions the use of an amount of sand equivalent to the volume of 12 Maracanãs for beach expansion. This strategy is currently the ...