Heavy erosion and dwindling offshore sand sources have resulted in increased pressure to find alternate sand sources for Florida beach renourishment. One potential economically viable source is ...

A Bahamas-based aragonite miner yesterday vehemently denied it had any links to a Mexican company claiming it has the necessary approvals to export “aragonite sand” from a location called “Sandy Cay”.

A Mexican company has removed from its website promotional material claiming it has the necessary approvals to dredge for, and export, "aragonite sand" from Sandy Cay in the northwestern Bahamas.

HALLANDALE — City officials are considering bringing a bit of the Bahamas a little closer to home — for a price. On Tuesday, officials from the Broward Environmental Quality Control Board’s Erosion ...

65 miles off the coast of Miami, a derelict island used for sand excavation has been rebuilt into a shining example of tourism and conservation working hand-in-hand. Just off the picturesque beach of ...

Many marine organisms, including corals, build skeletons from calcium carbonate – in the form of calcite or aragonite. The current composition of seawater favors the formation of aragonite – but soft ...

Ocean acidification is a global phenomenon with highly regional spatial and temporal patterns. In order to address the challenges of future ocean acidification at a regional scale, it is necessary to ...