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As the World Runs Out of Sand, Chinese ‘Pirates’ Profit, Plunder, and Pillage

Commentary Life is a beach, they say, and we’re all just playing in the sand. Soon, though, there might not be any sand left. That’s because the world is running out of it. Running out of sand, you ask, how can that be? After all, 33 percent of Earth is covered in desert, and many…


China’s Natural Sand Export Ban to Taiwan has Limited Impact on its Chip Industry: Experts

China has hit Taiwan with several economic sanctions following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s high-profile visit to the island. Among them is a ban on natural sand export to Taiwan aimed at hurting some of its industries, including semiconductors. However, Chinese media recently disclosed that China does not produce the high-purity sand required for chipmaking…


New Orleans Startup Turns Glass Into Sand—And They’ve Recycled 2 Million Pounds in 2 Years

A startup company in New Orleans has been making headlines for its genius approach to recycling glass into sand. Franziska Trautmann, 24, was a college senior at Tulane University when she was frustrated seeing glass going into landfill. Wanting to do something about the issue, she and Max Steitz began to recycle glass in the spring…


Photographer Captures Otherworldly Sand Pillars Sculpted by the Wind on Shores of Lake Michigan—And the Shots Are Surreal

Confronted by an army of tiny, slanted pillars of frozen sand, carved by the harsh winds on the shores of Lake Michigan, nature photographer Joshua Nowicki knew he had spotted something extraordinary. The marketing photographer, who snaps landscapes for a living, heads down to the lake almost every night in search of opportunity. This particular…


Talented Artist Creates Incredibly Detailed Sand Sculptures Across the World

An Italian artist who spent his summers as a child building sandcastles at the seaside has turned his passion into a profession creating incredible sand sculptures around the world. Leonardo Ugolini, 52, who hails from Forlì, a town in the northeastern part of Italy, and is currently a resident of Lithuania, discovered an entire universe…


Beijing Skies Turn Yellow as Sand, Dust Engulf Chinese Capital

BEIJING—The skies above Beijing turned yellow and air pollution soared to severe levels as a giant cloud of sand and dust particles rolled into the city, propelled by strong winds from the north of China. Beijing’s air quality index rose to 324 as of 4:00 p.m. local time (0800 GMT) on Thursday, mainly due to…


China Insider: Yangtze River Dries up as Dams Worsen the Impact of Drought

Wuhan, capital city of central China’s Hubei Province, is nicknamed the “City of Yangtze” because it is the biggest city in the middle reach of the Yangtze River and situated at the confluence of the Yangtze and Han Rivers, one of eight major tributaries. That explains why when a video showing a dried-up section of…