'A massive record-breaker': A plot of sand the size of half a football field just sold for $34 million on a luxury Dubai island

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A view of the Dubai skyline in the distance, taken from a drone above the World Islands, you can also see Jumeirah Bay Island extending like a curved hook-like promontory
Jumeirah Bay Island is on the left, near the Dubai shoreline.

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Creepy photos reveal the microscopic world of parasitic creatures thriving on sandy beaches worldwide

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photo composite of three microscopic images of worms and an image of someone sitting with their hand in the sand
Thousands of species of nematodes live in your average handful of sand.

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Restoring Louisiana’s Shoreline, One Glass Bottle at a Time

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Louisiana’s shoreline is rapidly eroding due to sea level rise and extreme weather fueled by climate change. But a scrappy New Orleans glass recycling initiative, Glass Half Full, is rounding up as many of the city’s glass bottles as possible to create sand for coastal restoration.

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