Illegal gold mining along the Madre de Dios River is often a dangerous practice that can have significant environmental and health risks. Photo by Ryan M. Bolton/Shutterstock.com
October 21, 2019

Partnership with Peru's Universidad Nacional de San Agustín puts sustainable mining best practices front and center

Thwaits Glacier
September 3, 2019

Antarctic glacier melting faster than previously estimated

New York Air National Guard's LC-130 fleet lined up at Williams Field, the skiway at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
May 28, 2019

Understanding Antarctica and what is melting its ice

Mines Imperial Barrel Award team
April 4, 2019

Imperial Barrel Award team qualifies for international finals

John Bradford
March 14, 2019

Bradford named dean, vice provost of global initiatives

NASA image of Mars' northern ice cap
January 16, 2019

High-res images of Martian ice caps may reveal climate history

Students log exploration drill cores at the LaRonde base metal mine in Quebec. The Center for Advanced Subsurface Earth Resource Models aims to optimize how real measurements can be used to increase the accuracy of model predictions.
October 19, 2018

New research center to focus on subsurface resource models

September 10, 2018

Dugan wins Taira Prize for ocean drilling research

Rendering of NASA Mars InSight lander
July 23, 2018

Mines scientists contributing to NASA Mars InSight mission

Scientists spent more than a month aboard the research vessel off the coast of New Zealand.
March 29, 2018

Mines professor, student spend month aboard research vessel

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