Learn how mining and oil drilling impact Wyoming’s soil, including its effect on local ecosystems, and explore sustainable ...

Most small-scale gold mining operations separate gold from ore by adding liquid mercury and then burning the mixture, ...

The air pollution from mining operations can also affect human ... These byproducts can contaminate soil and water, leading ...

A new study linked soil and water pollution to the human health crisis of global heart disease, according to News Medical ...

Mercury pollution in the Amazon is caused by gold mining. Discover how tree core samples identify the concentration and ...

Soil pollution results from harmful compounds, like synthetic chemicals, heavy metals, pathogens, pesticides, micro-/nanoplastics (MNPs), and plastics, primarily from mining, industries ...

New research has found that some tropical trees in the Peruvian Amazon can be used to monitor mercury pollution from gold mining, offering an alternative to expensive air monitors. Previous research ...

This unchecked human activity is altering the riverbed, leading to significant water pollution ... mining. The team observed large dredger machines, excavators, and tractors extracting soil ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— Environmental and community groups have appealed the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality’s decision to grant an air pollution permit to the Copper World mine, the final permit ...

Tree rings can be used to determine the release of mercury into the air due to mining activities in South and Central America. This study is crucial in determining the illegal mining activity and ...