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Growth in illegal sand mining threatens weak lakes and rivers Environmental researchers have warned that post-pandemic growth in infrastructure spending is causing illegal sand mining to damage some of the world’s most vulnerable lakes and rivers. Sand, mixed with cement to make concrete, is the most widely consumed material on Earth, apart from water. In countries like this there is a small threat of the virus as well China sparks renewed construction activity. They fear that gangs of criminals who play a leading role in the industry will dredge even more sand from delicate ecosystems. “...

Follow RT on The world’s most consumed raw material after water and an essential ingredient to people’s everyday lives is slipping through our fingers, scientists warn. Sand may become a scarce resource due to high demand, they say. “We just think that sand is everywhere. We never thought we would run out of sand, but it is starting in some places,” a climate scientist with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Pascal Peduzzi said during a webinar hosted by the Chatham House think tank. “It is about anticipating what can happen in the next decade or so because if we ...

Sand is also used to make the glass needed for vaccine vials and the world is going to need around two billion excess glass vials in the next two years alone WHEN you think there are billions of grains of sand on one stretch of beach alone, it seems hard to believe the world is facing a growing sand shortage, but climate scientists say it is one of the greatest sustainability challenges of the 21st century - and this is causing vaccine-related concerns.   There’s a sand shortage? Scientists say it is one of the most under appreciated commodities on earth; a cornerstone of so many fea...

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Alarming rise in global temperatures Photo: REUTERS/Adrees Latif / 04 Feb 2021 The past six years have been the warmest on record since 1880, with 2016, 2019 and 2020 being the top three, according to a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) press release on 15 January. The year 2020 was 1.2°C above pre-industrial era (1880) temperatures. WMO predicts a 20 per cent probability that temperatures will temporarily exceed 1.5°C as early as 2024. “The speed at which temperatures are increasing is alarming,” says Pascal Peduzzi, Director, GRID-Geneva, the United Nations Environment Programme...