In the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the streams are telling us a story about forest recovery following acid rain and ...

The USGS publishes a geological map that reveals the underground layers of the U.S. and supports environmental education and ...

Whether you're an avid rock collector or simply interested in the world around you — this new tool is designed to make ...

Most U.S. metal mines are built to dig for one or two things: copper, iron, or in some places maybe gold. But here’s the thing — when these mining companies pull up ore, the majority of its content ...

ASHLAND, Wis.—Northland College’s Dr. Thomas Newton Bobb is unlikely to have ever referred to himself as a rock star, but for the students in Tom Fitz’s Minerals and Rocks class, that’s exactly what ...

Aug. 21—Tahlequah Rock and Mineral Society is prepping for its annual earth science event. Michael Keys, president of the Tahlequah Rock and Mineral Society, said the nonprofit was organized in the ...

Like many abandoned mines, the Eureka uranium mine in northern Spain is a maze of long, dank tunnels. Water seeping down the walls carries dissolved substances that percolated through rocks overhead.

The specimens in the Science History Institute's latest exhibit are spiky, striking and, in some cases, fluorescent. A few are toxic, and at least one is otherworldly. All of them are on permanent ...

The Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025 at the Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum, 501 W. Euclid St., in Ishpeming. Dean Rossell, chief geologist for Talon Metals ...

Dunlap, Tenn. | When Ed Lewis and some of his neighbors bought property on a scenic Tennessee mountain, they knew they didn't own the mineral rights to the land, but they assumed a coal mining revival ...

DUNLAP, Tenn. | When Ed Lewis and some of his neighbors bought property on a scenic Tennessee mountain, they knew they didn’t own the mineral rights to the land, but they assumed a coal mining revival ...