A look at new research showing how snowmelt, trees, and underground water shape the flow of mountain streams long after ...

Rare earth elements are actually more abundant than precious metals such as platinum and gold. The challenge, however, is ...

A new study analyzed the nanoscale chemistry of the Blechnum orientale fern, which can form tiny crystals of monazite within ...

Picture your sidewalk on a scorching summer day. You've probably seen how the concrete expands and contracts with temperature ...

Research from the United States-based Stimson Center think tank marks the first comprehensive study of potentially polluting mines in mainland Southeast Asia.

For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand with the waters of the Kok ...

Helicopters sporting long appendages are flying over some rural areas of the country, including here in Colorado. Many of ...

A calcite deposit in Nevada captures 580,000 years of climate swings and helps explain shifting heat, rainfall and water resources.

Sources have requested pseudonyms be used to protect their identity out of fear of retaliation from the government or mining ...

When public utilities indefinitely cut power to the Portuguese Bend community in Rancho Palos Verdes last year following ...

People who live along the border watched their aquifers recede as the border wall grew. Now they fear it will happen again.