“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 ...

Through sand extraction and the disposal of dredged harbor silt, about 200 million tons of sediment are relocated every year ...

Salt River Project's new, state-of-the-art dredge helps operators keep water supplies cleaner.

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.

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 long-awaited dredge has finally arrived and is starting to remove some 70,000 cubic yards of sand that’s clogging the western part of San Elijo Lagoon, restricting tidal flow and causing fish ...

The Lido Key Beach renourishment project will have another beneficial effect: opening up New Pass to boaters, who will see ...

A group of passionate locals have called for a long-term solution to the disappearing sand from beaches in Sydney's ...

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 ...

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 ...