TIL The Earth Is Running Out of Sand, Spurring a Cutthroat Black Market
TIL The Earth Is Running Out of Sand, Spurring a Cutthroat Black Market
Sand is the second most-used resource after water, but it’s unregulated and ripping environments apart.
Sand is the second most-used resource after water, but it’s unregulated and ripping environments apart.
For people that wonder „hey there are deserts full of sand“, that is a different sand. To built things you need sand with edges. The sand in the deserts is round.
Could we just add some edges to the round sand? Like break them into pieces or something?
a sandpaper, for sands
Not exactly something I ever expected to hear... So why isn't this turning into a bountiful export opportunity for North African countries?
Whole lotta sand there. Not much in the way of ecosystem to worry about... Very close to easy shipping routes...