THE famously desolate Mars landscape could be scattered with trees to the untrained eye, according to a recently shared Nasa ...

Sand is building up on Greenland's coast, carried by water from the melting ice sheet. It's an exceedingly valuable resource. Photograph: Nicolaj Krog Larsen ...

Sand! There should never be a shortage of semiconductors. Semiconductor chips are made by melting sand and slicing it into thin wafers for processing. Shortages? Just go to the beach.

In 2022, the Greenland ice sheet experienced net ice loss for the 26th year in a row. But that loss is producing a potentially valuable resource: sand, which the melting ice sheet is depositing on ...

Salt and sand help melt ice or provide traction, but excessive use is bad for the environment. And sometimes, a surprise storm can blow through before these materials can be applied.

When people picture environmental crises, they think of melting ice caps or burning forests—but almost no one thinks about sand. […] ...

Gritting crews have been put on standby to deal with melting roads by spreading sand on them. Forecasters have warned parts of Lincolnshire could see record-breaking heat on Monday and Tuesday.

Council officials said high temperatures could melt road surfaces making them "tacky and dangerous". Gritting crews have been put on standby to deal with melting roads by spreading sand on them ...

From melting sand into glass to smelting metals, the world’s industries require heat, and a lot of it. Today, they get most of it from fossil fuels, and finding an efficient green alternative is ...