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This junction in Colorado’s Snake River is tinged with orange due to acid rock drainage.
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New Contamination Concern for Colorado Streams

by Nancy Averett 14 October 202129 March 2023

Abandoned hardrock mines and climate change cause metals and other elements to leach into streams. They also put rare earth elements into the water, a new study finds.

Background image of a mine overlain by images of a wind turbine, a computer tablet, a jet plane, an electric car charging port, and wheat in a field.
Posted inScience Updates

Geological Surveys Unite to Improve Critical Mineral Security

by P. Emsbo, C. Lawley and K. Czarnota 5 February 20216 December 2021

A three-nation consortium is pooling geological expertise and resources to address vulnerabilities in supplies of these crucial natural resources.

A woman in profile kneels, looking out over Indigenous land in Arizona.
Posted inNews

Contamination of Medicinal Plants: Implications for Indigenous Health

by R. Mazumdar 9 December 202015 October 2021

A new study will trace the legacy of uranium mining on commercially available medicinal plants.

Aerial photo of a single boat making its way on Brazil’s São Francisco River
Posted inNews

Urbanization, Agriculture, and Mining Threaten Brazilian Rivers

by Meghie Rodrigues 27 October 20206 December 2021

Harder to analyze and quantify, diffuse pollution is often overlooked when it comes to water quality assessments.

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

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
Posted inNews

Deep-Sea Mining May Have Deep Economic, Environmental Impacts

by James Dacey 3 August 202029 April 2022

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.

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