The first time Sumaira Abdulali tangoed with the sand mafia, it was 2004. She was 43 years old and enjoying time with her husband and two kids at the family’s holiday home on the western coast of ...
When people picture environmental crises, they think of melting ice caps or burning forests—but almost no one thinks about sand. And yet, we use more sand than almost any other resource on Earth apart ...
Headlines warn that the world is running out of sand. In reality, sand is abundant — but usable construction sand is more complex than it seems. The real challenge lies in extraction, transportation, ...