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Economy

Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension

Staff Writer - April 22, 2023

Mario Orospe Hernández, Arizona State University Located in the heart of South America, Bolivia contains the largest lithium deposits...

Economy

Deep seabed mining plans pit renewable energy demand against ocean life...

Staff Writer - January 21, 2023

Scott Shackelford, Indiana University; Christiana Ochoa, Indiana University; David Bosco, Indiana University, and Kerry Krutilla, Indiana University As companies...

Economy

Plans for deep seabed mining pit renewable energy demand against ocean...

Staff Writer - January 17, 2023

Scott Shackelford, Indiana University; Christiana Ochoa, Indiana University; David Bosco, Indiana University, and Kerry Krutilla, Indiana University As companies...

Environment

Scientists at work: We use environmental DNA to monitor how human...

Staff Writer - September 17, 2021

Marie Simonin, Inrae and Emily S. Bernhardt, Duke University Rivers, lakes and wetlands cover just 1% of the Earth’s...

Business

How engineered bacteria could clean up oilsands pollution and mining waste

Staff Writer - June 27, 2021

Vikramaditya G. Yadav, University of British Columbia Rampant industrialization has caused our planet to warm at an unprecedented rate....

Environment

The US is worried about its critical minerals supply chains –...

Staff Writer - April 7, 2021

Jordy Lee, Colorado School of Mines and Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines When U.S. companies build military weapons...

Environment

Gold rush, mercury legacy: Small-scale mining for gold has produced long-lasting...

Staff Writer - May 28, 2020

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....

Environment

Mine waste dams threaten the environment, even when they don’t fail

Staff Writer - February 24, 2020

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...