Colorado's hot springs explained: Deep time, deep layers
“Our hot springs all derive from meteoric water, rain or snow,” says Paul Morgan, a longtime geothermal specialist with Colorado Geological Survey.
May 29, 2024
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The neutrino’s quantum fuzziness is beginning to come into focus
“The ‘quantum properties of the neutrino’ stuff is a little bit of the Wild West at the moment,” says nuclear physicist Kyle Leach of Colorado School of Mines in Golden. “We’re still trying to figure it out.”
May 21, 2024
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China Is Winning the Minerals War
“China is not just standing still waiting for us to catch up,” said Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines. “They are making investments on top of their already massive investments in all aspects of the ....
May 21, 2024
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Colorado’s leadership on methane emissions survives another challenge
Morgan Bazilian, Greg Clough and Simon Lomax of the Payne Institute for Public Policy wrote this opinion piece on the emissions compromise forged during the most recent Colorado state legislative session.
May 17, 2024
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Mining waste cleanup near Arkansas River would use cyanide to extract gold. Does it pose an environmental threat?
Corby Anderson, a professor of mining engineering and metallurgical and materials engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, said people have many misconceptions about cyanide, which is naturally occurring and can be found in foods like spinach and ....
May 15, 2024
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Colorado School of Mines graduates celebrate accomplishments, resilience after pandemic
On May 10, hundreds of Colorado School of Mines graduates, their family members, friends and other supporters went the extra mile to celebrate their special day. There were hugs and handshakes all around, photos galore, and special apparel to ....
May 14, 2024
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Uncle Sam Wants You to Join the Mining Industry
At the university level, the United States’ 14 mining schools have collectively graduated roughly 185 to 200 mining engineers per year, into an annual demand of 400 to 500, over the last few years, said Stephen Enders, head of the mining engineering ....
May 9, 2024
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Diagnosing the PFAS Problem
“We often refer to that as fate and transport,” says Chris Higgins, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Colorado School of Mines who has been studying PFAS since 2001. In short, fate and transport is the life cycle of a chemical ....
May 8, 2024
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In the Race for Space Metals, Companies Hope to Cash In
Angel Abbud-Madrid, director of the Center for Space Resources, and Ian Lange, director of the Mineral and Energy Economics Program, were quoted in this article about the growing interest in asteroid mining.
May 8, 2024
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Center of Colfax hosts LGBTQ+ job fair
Colorado School of Mines was one of the companies recruiting at the May 1 event, and Kathy White, one of Mines' talent acquisition partners, was interviewed.
May 3, 2024
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Study says California’s 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event. Don’t get used to it
The study authors coined the term “snow deluge” for one-in-20-year heavy snowfalls, when it’s cold and wet enough to maintain a deep snowpack through April 1. But even among these rare snow deluges, last year’s stood out as the snowiest, edging out ....
April 29, 2024
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‘Snow deluge’ years on the decline across the US West, thanks to climate change: Study
“There’s a common narrative with climate change that extreme weather events are getting more extreme,” lead author Adrienne Marshall, an assistant professor of geology and geological engineering at Colorado School of Mines, said in a statement.