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Emptying aquifers creating sinkholes, economic issues worldwide

Researchers at Colorado School of Mines are revealing the risks of aquifer sinkholes and groundwater loss from local farms to megacities, threatening infrastructure and livelihoods.

Emptying aquifers creating sinkholes, economic issues worldwide

Jack Bringardner named Fryrear Chair for Innovation and Excellence

Mines researcher receives Schmidt Family Foundation funding to explore mine water treatment

Colorado School of Mines and ACC to offer seamless transfer pathway with new Mines Academy at ACC

How one Mines alum used cycling to explore the world and redefine his purpose

Kiewit Corporation and Bruce Grewcock establish endowed chair to lead construction engineering at Colorado School of Mines

More than a game: How Mines athletes build enduring connections

News Headlines

November 24, 2025

Jack Bringardner named Fryrear Chair for Innovation and Excellence

Mines President swaps mascot plushies with ACC president

November 19, 2025

Colorado School of Mines and ACC to offer seamless transfer pathway with new Mines Academy at ACC

four students in construction gear in building site

November 11, 2025

Kiewit Corporation and Bruce Grewcock establish endowed chair to lead construction engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Mines Magazine

Peter Consalvi riding a bike in a desert

November 19, 2025

How one Mines alum used cycling to explore the world and redefine his purpose

Justin Dvorak gets ready to throw a football surrounded by other football players during a Mines football game

November 3, 2025

More than a game: How Mines athletes build enduring connections

Students wearing yellow hard hats sitting at desks in the classroom in Edgar Mine. A professor in a blue hard hat faces them at the front of the room.

October 27, 2025

Edgar Mine revamped into hub for quantum research, mine safety and innovative learning

Videos

Chris Higgins stands in a field at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, leaning on a large white tank with two wooden planks on top. In the background are large machines and testing equipment, related to PFAS research.

PFAS research at Mines targets water contamination

Rendering of the future Mines–USGS Energy and Minerals Research Facility, showing a modern, multi-story building with large glass windows, elevated walkways, landscaped terraces, and people walking around the exterior plaza at sunset.

USGS and Mines forge new ground in critical minerals research with state-of-the-art facility

Two Colorado School of Mines students wearing safety vests, hard hats, and headlamps examine the rock ceiling inside the Edgar Experimental Mine using a mounted inspection camera. The underground setting is lit with work lights, revealing rough stone walls.

Colorado School of Mines is shaping the future of mining

Research

Emptying aquifers creating sinkholes, economic issues worldwide

Mines researcher receives Schmidt Family Foundation funding to explore mine water treatment

PFAS research at Mines targets water contamination

In The News

On the Iron Range, ore trucks as large as two-story houses set to transform the mining industry

Sebnem Duzgun, professor of mining engineering, discusses how mining operations are transitioning to the use of autonomous vehicles, including some that are supersized.

November 25, 2025

Arapahoe Community College starts Mines Academy at ACC

Paul C. Johnson, Colorado School of Mines president, explains why the university is excited about the new Mines Academy at Arapahoe Community College.

November 24, 2025

Trump embraces pesticides after previously promising crackdown

Christopher Higgins, professor of civil and environmental engineering, discusses the presence of PFAS in pesticides and medications.

November 22, 2025

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