With a ban on international flights over the coronavirus pandemic ruling out foreign holidays, many Muscovites are opting to soak up the sun on beaches closer to home.

Muscovites hit local beach amid ban on international flights

Almost half of the world’s sandy beaches will have retreated significantly by the end of the century as a result of climate change, a new study has found. Not only this but if the present situation continues, then by 2050, some coastlines can be unrecognizable from the condition with nearly 15 per cent facing severe erosion.

Nearly half of world's beaches disappearing due to climate change: Study

Peruvian officials on Monday collected tons of garbage on a popular Lima beach in a campaign spanning three dozen beaches in the Pacific, the Amazon and Lake Titicaca.

Cleanup in Peru’s Lake Titicaca

Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals in September were down 27.2 per cent from a year earlier as foreign visitors shunned the Indian Ocean island after attacks on Easter Sunday in April, tourism bureau data showed on Monday.

Sri Lanka tourist arrivals in September fall for sixth month

Environmentalists fear that the seaweed will impact the livelihood of many in the area who depend on fishing and tourism

Smelly seaweed invades Sierra Leone beaches

Dead whales, dolphins wash up on beaches from India to California and nobody knows why. Can anything save them?

Sharp rise in whale, dolphin stranding deaths in India

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