Mining
Why Black Lung Disease Is Deadlier Than Ever Before
As President Trump prepares to send miners back to work, a near-obsolete illness is once again ravaging coal country
Study Uncovers Startling Number of Black Lung Cases in Coal Miners
Miners are contracting the disease with striking frequency and at younger ages than ever before
This Gallery Is Dedicated to Coal Miners' Art
The Mining Art Gallery showcases works created by the thousands of miners who've lived and worked in the Great Northern Coalfield
Nobody Is Sure Why they Call It a ‘Martini’
Tastes just as good, though
Humans Polluted the Air Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
Ice cores suggest that humans have been polluting the air with lead for at least 2,000 years
The Coal Mining Massacre America Forgot
The mountains of southern West Virginia are riddled with coal—and bullets
Gold Miners Kept Their Sourdough Starters Alive By Cuddling Them
San Francisco-area miners used sourdough starters as a replacement for commercial leavening agents
Mining Exploration Begins in Michigan's Porcupine Mountains
Michigan is divided over a mining company's plans to drill for copper in a beloved state park
How Colombia's Failed Peace Treaty Could Wreak Havoc on Its Diversity-Rich Ecosystems
A potential influx of legal and illegal mining leaves the country's megadiverse landscapes—and the communities who depend on them—in jeopardy
The Return of the Great American Jaguar
The story of tracking a legendary feline named El Jefe through the Arizona mountains
Future Deep Sea Mining Sites Are Bursting With Rare Marine Species
The area is full of rare metals, but a new study shows it's a hub for deep-sea diversity, too
Peru Cracks Down on Illegal Gold Miners
A boom in outlaw mining activity in the last five years is polluting rivers, poisoning people and destroying forests in the Peruvian Amazon
Will Luxembourg Lead the Race for Space Mining?
The tiny nation announced its private industry partners for asteroid mining
Neolithic People Were Also Strip Miners
Quarries are changing how archaeologists think about the Stone Age
Get Your Pickaxe and Spacecraft Ready, Space Mining Might be Legal Very Soon
The new Space Act would open up the potentially lucrative field of asteroid mining
Artisanal Pizza is Boosting the Coal Industry
Pizzerias are a new and growing market for coal companies
This Indonesian Volcano Erupts Electric-Blue Streams Of Molten Sulfur
Glowing blue rivers illuminate Java’s Blue Fire Crater.
The American West is Full of Old Mines Threatening to Pollute Waterways
Lessons can be learned from the recent spill in the Animas River
Utah Has the First Tar Sands Mine in the U.S.
The mine will operate on land in the Book Cliffs area
A Scottish Duke Transformed This Abandoned Coal Mine into a Cosmological Land-Art Park
A scarred landscape in rural Scotland has become a grassy multiverse now open for exploration
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