Massive seafloor craters off California are shaped by ancient underwater sediment flows—not methane—revealing a hidden ...

In recent decades, concrete has become essential in construction, but with increasing demand for materials, the world faces a shortage of sand, particularly for concrete production. While beaches and ...

Worldwide, coastal areas are squeezed between a rising sea level on one end and human structures on the other. The distance between a sandy coastline and the first human structures averages less than ...

Known as the Sargasso Sea, sailors have crossed it for centuries, but few notice the border when they slip into glassy indigo ...

By Brenden Bobby Reader Columnist There have been numerous headlines in the past five years centered on a confusing subject: The world seems to be running out of sand. How could this be ...

Researchers in the US have developed thermoelectric thin films using nanoengineering that are twice as efficient at cooling ...

For decades, pool owners faced a lose-lose dilemma: endure hours of backbreaking work with clunky handheld vacuums or settle ...

Next time you're at the beach, take a closer look at the sand. Every grain tells a story of time and transformation.

A new study has uncovered the mystery of how mini sand dunes form on beaches and in deserts. A new study led by the University of Southampton and research institutes in France has uncovered the ...

The seagrass is greener along Florida's Nature Coast … figuratively, that is. A new study published in the journal Marine ...

It promises to be a stellar year at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Kathryn Bradley-Hole previews some of the highlights you can ...

Though the islands' shags and terns are in decline, its puffin population has been growing — and the trust is streaming a ...