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The world is facing a global sand crisis

  • Written by Aurora Torres, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ecology, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
imageSand for use in hydraulic fracturing operations at a processing plant in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin in 2011.AP Photo/Steve Karnowski), Author provided

When people picture sand spread across idyllic beaches and endless deserts, they understandably think of it as an infinite resource. But as we discuss in a just-published perspective in the journal...

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