To develop techniques to drill into the surface of Mars to look for signs of life, NASA and Spanish scientists recently began drilling 150 meters (495 feet) into the ground near the source of the ...

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A search for evidence of cryptic life in the subsurface region of a fractured Paleozoic volcanosedimentary deposit near the source waters of the Rio Tinto River (Iberian pyrite belt, southwest Spain) ...

This image shows acidic mine drainage (AMD) precipitates in the Rio Tinto River, Spain. AMD precipitates are rich in iron oxyhydroxide minerals such as ferrihydrite. These minerals typically grow by ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Rio Tinto has not modernised its agreement with an Aboriginal group on whose lands it mines iron ore, failing to fulfil a commitment made five years ago when it destroyed an ...

image: This image shows acidic mine drainage (AMD) precipitates in the Rio Tinto River, Spain. AMD precipitates are rich in iron oxyhydroxide minerals such as ferrihydrite. These minerals typically ...