A microscopic look at why the world is running out of sand

[The Lawspeaker]

Humans are using more sand than the Earth is naturally producing, and that’s a problem for the global construction industry. But it turns out that the usefulness of sand depends on the science of each tiny little grain. We went on a sand scavenger hunt to collect some samples, look at them under a microscope, and try to figure out why sand scarcity is such a problem.

[Hadouken]

because of StonyArabia

[Teucer]

I don't like sand.

It's coarse and rough and irritating.

And it gets everywhere