Famous for its world-class carnivals, glorious beaches, towering Christ the Redeemer statue and hearty cuisine, Brazil is a country of staggering proportions and diverse landscapes. The country is ...

The beach in Ponta Negra, one of the most popular seaside resorts on Brazil's northeast shoulder, is also shrinking. In the last two decades, it has lost 15 metres of white sand to the sea.

Visitors can swim in the ocean, or in a nearby lagoon if the sea is too ... village on Brazil's northeast coast: Surrounded by mountainous dunes, the whole place is built on sand.

Sand is typically classified into three categories based on particle size: coarse, medium, and fine. The strength and durability of a structure depend on these factors. Rough, angular particles, for ...

Large vessels were "basically sterilising the bottom of the sea by extracting sand and crunching all the microorganisms that are feeding fish", Mr Peduzzi said. Sometimes the sand is dredged to ...

Many countries use weather balloons to gather high-altitude data on air temperature, pressure and humidity. Before the ...

During a visit to Hainan, a balmy island in the South China Sea, visitors can make warm memories ... some of the many treasures hidden in the sand. The picturesque mud flats of Beigang Island ...

If stomping your way across the desert on a giant, leggy, weaponized platform with a few of your best friends sounds like a good time, have I got a game for you. Especially if along the way you ...

Braamspunt, a crucial sea turtle nesting beach in Suriname, is facing rapid erosion and could soon disappear as climate change impacts and sand mining eat away at it. The beach is one of only two ...