Shifting sands
Eliza Barclay uncovers some new facts about Cancún’s "beach nourishment" project, including the measures taken to minimise the impact on the local environment.
"In 1988, Hurricane Gilbert excised a 130-foot chunk [of beach], which conveniently formed the very sandbank Jan de Nul will be dredging to form the new beach." - attributed to Julián Adame Miranda, an engineer supervising the reclamation project for the [Mexican] government.
- Battered Beaches Get Sand Implant – Wired News, Jan. 30th
Less profoundly, The Economist magazine publishes a succinct article in its Jan. 28th issue entitled "Halfway Back", which far from being ‘premium content’, says nothing that you cannot already read here for free!
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