(MENAFN- The Conversation) Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high-purity silica ...

With its vivid turquoise, green and blue waters, it’s no surprise Lake Salda is often promoted as the “Maldives of Turkey.” Extraordinary to look at, peaceful and surrounded by an abundance ...

Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ingredient in concrete, while high-purity silica sand is essential for making the ...

Before too long, we’re cutting across the glassy surface of the lake heading southwest, the sun slowly beginning to burn up the sky. As we edge closer to dense clutches of greenery – what ...

(KNSI) – The Stearns County Parks Department is asking people to be careful when walking around at Kramer Lake Wildwood County Park. The maple syrup is running and being collected through the ...

It’s not yet dawn when I slip into a skiff on Tonlé Sap, Cambodia’s largest lake, heading for the early-bird spectacle. We’re boating over to Prek Toal, a swamp forest and sanctuary for ...

KAMPONG PHLUK, Cambodia--Em Phat, 53, studies his eel tanks with the intensity of a man gambling with his livelihood. For millennia, fishermen like him have relied on the bounty of the Tonle Sap ...

This photo taken on October 13, 2020 shows the Prek Toal floating village in Battambang province. - More than a million people live on or around Tonle Sap lake, the world's largest inland fishery ...