Tag: mine tailings
Gold rush, mercury legacy: Small-scale mining for gold has produced long-lasting...
Jacqueline Gerson, Duke University; Austin Wadle, Duke University, and Jasmine Parham, Duke University
Gold is everywhere in modern life, from jewelry to electronics to smartphones....
Mine waste dams threaten the environment, even when they don’t fail
Christopher Sergeant, The University of Montana and Julian D. Olden, University of Washington
Scars from large mining operations are permanently etched across the landscapes of...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
