The Hidden Environmental Toll of Mining the World’s Sand

Yale e360
Feb 5, 2019, 5:00 am172 pts
By far the largest mining endeavor globally is digging up sand, mainly for the concrete that goes into buildings. But this little-noticed and largely unregulated activity has serious costs — damaging rivers, wreaking havoc on coastal ecosystems, and even wiping away entire islands. Read more on E360 →

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