Boaters are being warned to watch for underwater pipes at the Sebastian Inlet's dredging project, which also will bring more ...

“So, look at these boats, it looks like giant vacuum cleaner. And that’s what it does, it’s basically sterilizing the bottom of the sea by extracting sand and crunching all the microorganisms that are ...

The sediment buildup has lowered the depth of the harbor’s mouth to between 7 and 14 feet. The ideal depth is 30 feet.

Just a month after starting, the Pleasure Island beach nourishment project has been stopped. But officials expect this pause ...

Waimea Bay continues to evolve. El Niño conditions in 1969 and 1983, for example, triggered massive winter swells that ...

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 ...

In the past 20 years, the Lagos State Government has lost huge revenue to sand dredging. Despite the creation of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Development in 2007, the ...

Fisherwomen on the north coast of Java Island are pushing back against plans to dredge sea sand for export, saying they fear it will worsen coastal erosion and harm marine ecosystems. Under a 2023 ...

GENEVA (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 irreversibly. Sand ...