Despite being 95% desert, Saudi Arabia imports construction-grade sand because desert sand is too smooth for concrete, forcing reliance on angular river and sea sand for mega projects nationwide plans ...

Sand is being mined faster than nature can replace it. Meet Sumaira Abdulali, the woman who fought illegal sand mining for 20 ...

Historic low flows turned the Mississippi River into a construction area in 2023, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged huge quantities of sand to keep the channel open for barge traffic.

Since the early 20th century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the Mississippi River annually to keep the channel open for boats, ships and barges. Each year, the Corps removes about ...

A boater on the Mississippi River near Wabasha, Minnesota docks at a sand island used by the Army Corps of Engineers on Monday, July 24, 2023. The Corps routinely dredges sand to keep the river open ...