Have you ever been to the beach on a hot summer day and wondered why the water feels so cool, but the sand feels so hot? There are a few factors that go into play and explain why certain ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Leonardo Ugolini is an Italian sand sculptor who has been making impressive sculptures out of just sand and water for over 30 years. More from Real Estate Leonardo ...

However, they are also delicate organs, vulnerable to various environmental elements, particularly the harsh effects of ...

This is known as an irreversible change. For example, if you mix water, sand and cement you get concrete. This sets hard and you can't get the original substances back again. You can separate a ...

Taking a tablet, phone, or e-book reader to the beach is second nature—and also nerve-wracking, given how easily water and sand can wreck gear. We've told readers to use zipper or slider food ...

This unchecked human activity is altering the riverbed, leading to significant water pollution and riverbank erosion, while ...

I t's only 9 a.m. and Zainunda Wilson is already tired from shovelling sand since daybreak into a five-tonne truck on the shores of Lake Malawi. The 37-year-old sand miner has no time to admire her su ...

Auckland-based sand mining company McCallum Brothers is currently in the process of applying for resource consent to extract ...