Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo caused in part by Indonesian volcanic eruption
Electrically charged volcanic ash short-circuited Earth's atmosphere in 1815, causing global poor weather and Napoleon's defeat, says new research. Source:...
Two people dead in mining accident in central Colombia
Two men died of suffocation in a gold mine in the Antioquia department, located in the central northwestern part of...
Canadian miner looks for vanadium in its own backyard
Maxtech Ventures (CSE: MVT) is staying its course when it comes to growing within the battery metals sector particularly the...
Teck partially suspends smelter due to forest fire smoke
Forest fire smoke in the interior of British Columbia forced Teck to temporarily suspend part of its Trail operations on...
Trump to relax carbon limits on power plants to support US coal
The Trump administration proposed Tuesday new rules for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation, in a move that could...
New Antarctic rift data has implications for volcanic evolution
New marine geophysical data recorded during two excursions on a French icebreaker enabled researchers to date the ocean floor and...
Technical issue disrupts BHP’s Olympic Dam copper smelter
World’s No.1 mining company BHP (ASX, NYSE:BHP) (LON:BLT) revealed Tuesday that ore processing at its Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium...
A timescale for the origin and evolution of all of life on Earth
A new study has used a combination of genomic and fossil data to explain the history of life on Earth,...
The bright ways forests affect their environment
New study finds volatile gases emitted by forests increase the amount of diffuse light reaching the forests. The study shows...
Study of material surrounding distant stars shows Earth's ingredients 'pretty normal'
The Earth's building blocks seem to be built from 'pretty normal' ingredients, according to researchers working with the world's most...