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Black-and-white image of Navajo mine workers at a uranium mine
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Pensando en el Zinc: Mitigando la Exposición al Uranio en la Nación Navajo

by R. Mazumdar 9 October 202020 September 2022

En un innovador ensayo clínico se estudia el impacto del zinc en la mitigación de los efectos sobre la salud relacionados con la minería de uranio. Éste se lleva a cabo mediante la “participación bidireccional” entre los Navajos y las comunidades médicas.

Colored map of cratons and framing sedimentary basins
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Cratons Mark the Spot for Mineral Bonanzas

Bas den Hond, Science Writer by Bas den Hond 11 September 20209 November 2021

A new map of the thickness of Earth’s lithosphere contains clues to large deposits of key metals.

Long tentacles of a Relicanthus stream above the seafloor
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Deep-Sea Mining May Have Deep Economic, Environmental Impacts

by James Dacey 3 August 202024 April 2025

A new report supports the creation of a compensation fund for nations that rely on terrestrial mining, but it fails to dispel environmental concerns over deep-sea mining.

View looking out a helicopter cockpit over remote eastern Alaska landscape
Posted inScience Updates

Ancient Rivers and Critical Minerals in Eastern Alaska

by A. Bender, R. Lease, J. V. Jones III and D. Kreiner 29 July 20206 December 2021

Fieldwork is revealing a history of landscape evolution over the past 5 million years that links climate change and river capture to critical mineral resources across the Alaska-Yukon border.

Black-and-white image of Navajo mine workers at a uranium mine
Posted inNews

Thinking Zinc: Mitigating Uranium Exposure on Navajo Land

by R. Mazumdar 29 July 202020 September 2022

An innovative clinical trial uses “two-way participation” between Navajo and medical communities to study the impact of zinc on mitigating health effects associated with uranium mining.

Photograph and heat map plot of a spontaneously combusting coal-mine waste heap in Myanmar heating up to 91.5 degrees Celsius
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Citizen Science Reduces Risks from Combusting Coal-Mine Wastes

by K. Hudson-Edwards 17 July 20206 January 2023

A community-based citizen science study on spontaneously combusting coal-mine waste heaps in Myanmar underpins the development of risk management plans to protect individuals and communities.

Photograph of mine waste at heal Maid, Cornwall, UK
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Exploring the Impacts of Mining on Planetary Health

by K. Hudson-Edwards 29 June 202015 October 2021

Papers are invited for a special collection presenting advances in understanding of the impacts of mining on human, ecosystem, and Earth surface environmental health.

Pink brisingid sea star shuffles across the seafloor
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The Long-Lasting Legacy of Deep-Sea Mining

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 21 May 202024 April 2025

New research reveals a deep-sea mining experiment that took place 26 years ago still has significant and persistent impacts on benthic life.

Photo of fracking rigs along a dirt road
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Sinking Wastewater Triggers Deeper, Stronger Earthquakes

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 16 August 201916 February 2022

The effects of pumping wastewater from oil and gas extractions may last a decade or more after the injections stop.

Mineralized vug in granite
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Developments in the Continuing Search for New Mineral Deposits

by S. Decrée and L. Robb 18 July 20199 November 2021

New developments in the science of ore genesis and exploration could address the challenges of finding new mineral deposits for our increasingly materialistic world.

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