Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SANDLINKS (Framing sand sustainability in a telecoupled world)

Humanity is using natural resources at an unprecedented scale. Global raw material extraction grew by 94% between 1980 and 2010 to reach a total of 70 Bt per year in 2010, and is predicted to reach 100 Bt by 2030. Sand and gravel are the most extracted group of materials...