Aurora Torres: Originally from Madrid, Dr. Aurora Torres is a research fellow at the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Since July 2015 she has led and coordinated a pioneer working group with scientists from Michigan State University, Boise State University and Georgia University that aims to provide an integrative perspective on global sand use and the long-distance environmental and socioeconomic interactions between sand extraction and consumption. https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/contributor/aurora-torres/rss en Climate Change Solutions Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:31:25 +0000 Kristen Lear, Jodi Brandt, Jianguo “Jack” Liu, Aurora Torres https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/09/19/the-high-cost-sand-mining-extracts-from-coastal-ecosystems https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/09/19/the-high-cost-sand-mining-extracts-from-coastal-ecosystems Researchers say the world faces a sand crisis as skyrocketing demand for the building material leads to the destruction of coastal environments and marine life.