by faster | Feb 8, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Atlantic DATE: February 8, 2021 SNIP: Life as we know it is carbon based. But every organism requires other elements, too, including nitrogen and phosphorus. Nitrogen is the basis of all proteins, from enzymes to muscles, and the nucleic acids that encode...
by faster | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Mining.com DATE: January 19, 2021 SNIP: As developed economies adopt net-zero emissions targets and focus on “green” recovery, metals and minerals may one day supplant oil as the world’s top traded commodity. The price of many base and precious metals have...
by faster | Dec 11, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Narwhal DATE: December 11, 2020 SNIP: The Indian River watershed, which used to provide “sweeping” wetland habitat south of Dawson City, Yukon, has been all but destroyed by placer mining, Darren Taylor, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation’s director of natural...
by faster | Nov 28, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Courthouse News Service and Science Advances DATE: November 28, 2020 SNIP: Increased gold mining activity in Peru is leading to a dangerous ecological threat as newly dug pits have increased mercury exposure to wildlife and people, according to new research...
by faster | Jul 24, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: New York Times DATE: July 24, 2020 SNIP: From the air it looks like just another tract of Alaska’s endless, roadless tundra, pockmarked with lakes and ponds, with a scattering of some of the state’s craggy mountains. But this swath of land, home to foraging...
