An emergency dredging is needed to clear a growing sandbar that’s a hazard for boats at the entrance to the Oceanside, Harbor Division Manager Joe Ravitch said last week. At least two vessels have ...

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 ...

City officials have a declared a local emergency to obtain help with efforts to clear a growing accumulation of sand that threatens to block the entrance to the Oceanside Harbor. Parts of the harbor’s ...

A five-month dredging project to restore sand along New Smyrna Beach is finally complete, and crews are now working to remove ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many Wilmington-area beaches are seeing fresh injections of sand. But as nourishment costs rise, is that a long-term answer ...

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.

The Lagos State Government has sounded the alarm over the rising scarcity of sand caused by indiscriminate dredging activities, warning that the situation could worsen housing costs, damage the ...

The Lagos State Government has raised alarm over the increasing effects of indiscriminate dredging activities across the ...