The Army Corps finished a nearly $130 million, 14-mile-long beach replenishment project in northern Ocean County in 2019. The project added sand to beaches ... allowed ocean water to reach homes ...

A so-called “tracer study” would use environmentally benign grains of bright material to show the movement of sand carried by ocean currents ... on the beach or in shallow water to match ...

Beneath sandy beaches, microbes filter chemicals from groundwater and safeguard ocean health. A new study reveals that sneaker waves provide a lens to explore the impending impacts of sea level rise ...

Though plentiful in arid regions, most sand is not viable for commercial use or construction. Desert sand, whipped by years of wind, has smooth grains that prevent it from binding with most materials ...