FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Officials in Florida's Broward County want to blast a 7-acre sand hole into the ocean floor to help save the county's southern beaches from erosion.
RESTON, Va., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Beach sand often contains higher levels of E.coli and other fecal bacteria than water at the beach, U.S researchers said.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., June 2 (UPI) -- Officials in Daytona Beach, Fla., said they had to cut off traffic in parts of the city's beach when about 100 cars became stuck in abnormally soft sand.
DUNEDIN, Fla., May 22 (UPI) -- A barrier island state park near Tampa has won top honors this year on the best-beach list produced by a Florida International University coastal geologist.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 14 (UPI) -- The cleanliness of a beach is monitored by sampling the bathing water a few yards from shore, but U.S. researchers say perhaps the sand should be tested too.
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Wet sand could pose a health risk for beach goers, researchers at the University of Florida said.
STANFORD, Calif., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The same microbes that result in U.S. beach closures and health advisories when detected at unsafe levels in the ocean are also detected in the sand.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., May 16 (UPI) -- Officials in Miami Beach, Fla., are looking for foreign sources of new sand after the usual methods of replenishing the beaches dried up.
PENSACOLA, Fla., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A Florida man clearing hurricane debris from his beach property found a World War II bomb buried in the sand.
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Texas officials have approved 20 projects costing more than $7 million to renovate eroded beaches with tons of trucked in sand to save tourism.
