At the north end of Hueneme Beach, the coastline is perpetually receding. During high tide, waves bite chunks of sand from the base of a cliff-like berm that stands in some places more than 4 feet ...

A militant fishers’ group on Thursday sounded the alarm over possible black sand (magnetite) mining behind the controversial ...

North Myrtle Beach had to close several public beach accesses after coastal flooding and king tides caused major erosion.

An ocean-going hopper dredge pulls sand from deposits on the seafloor, usually at depths of 30 feet or more. It stores the sand in the vessel’s hull and, when full, takes the sand to a destination ...

Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere. Comet Lemmon ...

Paul Ferber was scuba diving in Cambodia’s Sre Ambil River shortly after ships had finished dredging the area. As director of Marine Conservation Cambodia, Ferber was used to seeing the Cambodian ...

Pass Chaland is one of the most idyllic spots along the barrier islands off Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. But the broad tidal flow of soft, white-capped waves, flowing inland through shell-tiled sands and ...

Sand mining accounts for 85 percent of all worldwide mineral extraction, a $70 billion industry. In Cambodia, the practice is big business -- but it comes with a price. The country relies upon the ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is placing equipment on the beach in Ponce Inlet for a dredging project. This will help replace sand lost during Hurricanes Ian and Nicole in ...

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 irreversibly. Sand is the most ...

Cyclone-battered Gold Coast beaches are on course for a “Christmas miracle” recovery, with some increasing their width by 70 ...