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Time is running out for sand

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  • Mette Bendixen
  • Jim Best
  • Chris Hackney
  • Lars Lønsmann Iversen

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Sand and gravel are being extracted faster than they can be replaced. Monitor and manage this resource globally, urge Mette Bendixen and colleagues.

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  • Mette Bendixen & Jim Best & Chris Hackney & Lars Lønsmann Iversen, 2019. "Time is running out for sand," Nature, Nature, vol. 571(7763), pages 29-31, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:571:y:2019:i:7763:d:10.1038_d41586-019-02042-4
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-019-02042-4
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