Science and Technology Geologists Document That Sand Extraction From Rivers and Oceans Consumes 50 Billion Tons Per Year, Double the Amount That Rivers Can Replace, Creating a Deficit That Destroys River Deltas, Erases Coastal Islands From Maps, and Removes From the Seafloor the Material That Sustained Cities for Millennia Valdemar Medeiros 04/03/2026 at 17:55