Nauru
Sand Origin
Bondi Beach i Yaren, strand direkt söder om flygplatsen
Random Sand Fact
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A huge desire for bird feces, guano, fuels an international industry. Fossilized guano contains phosphate mainly used as fertilizer.
In the world’s smallest and most isolated nation, birds long ago left huge amounts of it. By digging the phosphate-rich rock, gravel and sand up Nauru reached top lists of the richest nations in the world. A few decades later, it’s at the bottom.
Once called Paradise Island, it’s now environmentally ravaged, with mostly pinnacles left. Let’s find ways to save it!