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September 9, 2016

Designing a Geothermal Drilling Tool That Can Take the Heat

July 21, 2016 — A drilling tool that will withstand the heat of geothermal drilling has now been developed by scientists. The downhole hammer attaches to the end of a column of drill pipe and cuts through rock with ... read more

Globalization Made Economic Production More Vulnerable to Climate Change

June 10, 2016 — The susceptibility of the global economic network to workers' heat-stress has doubled in the last decade, a new study finds. The analysis shows for the first time how enhanced connectivity of ... read more

Appalachian Coal Ash Richest in Rare Earth Elements

May 27, 2016 — The first comprehensive study of the content of rare earth elements in coal ashes from the United States shows that coal originating from the Appalachian Mountains has the highest concentrations of ... read more

Millions of Native Orchids Flourish at Former Mining Waste Site

Apr. 27, 2016 — Millions of native orchids are flourishing on the site of a former iron mine in New York's Adirondacks, suggesting that former industrial sites – typically regarded as blighted landscapes — ... read more

Expedition Captures Animal Selfies in Amazon Rainforest

Apr. 22, 2016 — A team of scientists set up camera traps in Peru to record the biodiversity of that area of the Amazon ... read more

Transparency Is Not a Panacea for the Resource Curse, New Study Finds

Apr. 14, 2016 — Global campaigns such as the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to bring more transparency to the oil and gas sectors in an effort to alleviate the resource curse have yet to live ... read more

Trap and Neutralize: A New Way to Clean Contaminated Groundwater

Apr. 13, 2016 — A team of researchers has helped discover a new chemical method to immobilize uranium in contaminated groundwater, which could lead to more precise and successful water remediation efforts at former ... read more

Satellite Images Reveal Dramatic Tropical Glacier Retreat

Apr. 13, 2016 — Scientists use high resolution satellite imagery to provide a decadal study of ablation of equatorial glaciers in West Papua. The images taken from the Pleaides satellites reveal that the formerly ... read more

Hot Larvae: Calculating Dispersal from Unique Submarine Hot Spring Ecosystems

Mar. 21, 2016 — Larval dispersal from hydrothermal vent fields have been quantified in order to understand and protect the creatures found there, report ... read more

The Legacy of Mercury in Lake Superior

Mar. 18, 2016 — Old mercury may have new import. Researchers examined dozens of core samples and found more mercury from past mining is sticking around in local waterways than they thought. At its height, mercury ... read more

New Technology for Land Mine Detection

Mar. 18, 2016 — In Colombia, large areas are teeming with mines that are almost impossible to detect with traditional methods. Researchers are now developing a new mine clearance technology, based on ground ... read more

Mercury Rising? Potential Mercury Methylation in Two California Rivers

Mar. 18, 2016 — Gold mining in California in the 19th century was a boon for the state's economy but not so much for the environment. Mining left a protracted legacy that impacts the natural landscape even ... read more

Sponge Structure Key to Mopping Up Oil Spills

Mar. 1, 2016 — An interconnected structure, which water can easily flow through, is key to creating a highly effective mechanical sponge for clearing oil ... read more

Undergraduate Student Takes to Twitter to Expose Illegal Release of Alien Fish in Japan

Feb. 29, 2016 — Posing a significant threat to the native biodiversity in Japan, specifically that of threatened aquatic insects, some alien fishes, such as the bluegill, have become the reason for strict ... read more

Mountaintop Mining, Crop Irrigation Can Damage Water Biodiversity

Feb. 25, 2016 — An international, multi-institutional team of researchers recommends ways that humans can protect freshwater from salts in a new ... read more

Nebraska Researcher Finds Gold, Other Metals

Feb. 19, 2016 — A chemist is developing inexpensive, portable and reusable sensors that use a component of DNA to detect gold, mercury, silver, lead and other ... read more

What Happens to Unused Metals Extracted from Earth's Crust?

Feb. 16, 2016 — We continue to extract metals from the earth’s crust, with the associated risks to people and the environment, although only half of some of the metals we have already extracted are actually used. ... read more

How True Is Conventional Wisdom About Price Volatility of Tech Metals?

Feb. 12, 2016 — Conventional wisdom about the high price volatility of by-product metals and minerals is generally true, but with several caveats, suggests preliminary research from a group of ... read more

Central Appalachia Flatter Due to Mountaintop Mining

Feb. 5, 2016 — Forty years of mountaintop coal mining have made parts of Central Appalachia 60 percent flatter than they were before excavation, researchers say. This study, which compares pre- and post-mining ... read more

Extracting Rare-Earth Elements from Coal Could Soon Be Economical in US

Feb. 2, 2016 — The US could soon decrease its dependence on importing valuable rare-earth elements that are widely used in many industries, according to a team researchers who found a cost-effective and ... read more
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