Can the world’s beaches survive a sand shortage?
From Miami to Barcelona and Australia’s Gold Coast, governments are trying to save shorelines where climate change is accelerating erosion
Related reading
The fight for Italian beaches heats up
Debate over how clubs along the country’s coastline are run intensifies as attendances fall off
A shrinking world will turn our problems upside down
The political and economic priorities of a depopulating society could be very different from today’s
Mexico’s beaches tainted by record influx of seaweed
Unusually early algae blooms threaten Caribbean tourist sector
For sun-and-sea holidays, October is the new August
Climate change is prompting shifts to the off-season and ‘coolcations’
The world is struggling to halt climate change. But can it adapt?
At COP30, ‘adaptation’ to global warming is high on the agenda as efforts to reduce emissions stall
Desalination: the costly solution for a thirsty world
As water scarcity spreads governments are ploughing billions into a technology that comes with its own environmental costs