In Russian Village Swallowed by Sand, Life’s a Beach. Just Not in a Good Way. - The New York TimesSHOYNA, Russia — Shoyna, a Russian fishing village on the frigid shores of the White Sea, is slowly vanishing under sand that engulfs entire houses, their roofs just barely visible above the dunes. For young children, it’s a magical place: their whole world a sandbox with natural slides everywhere. For everyone else, life in this barren landscape — likely a man-made environmental disaster — can be
