Alaska is filled with extraordinary wildlife, as well as valuable natural resources.. Wild Chronicles travels to Bristol Bay, site of a proposed gold-mining pit, and the center of raging debate. Geologists claim there are billions of dollars worth of gold to be had, but biologists fear a devastating spill of toxic mining chemicals could threaten the …

A gold miner pans for gold in California, 1885. The state's gold rush only lasted a few years, but some have continued to seek gold there to this day.

Modern gold mining has tools that California's gold rushing 49ers could only have dreamed of. ... Callaway's team took me and National Geographic videographer …

The 19th century has a way of working its way into casual conversation in Columbia, California, one of a of gold-rush towns—Sonora and Jamestown are the others—clustered together on the ...

With gold costing more than $1,300 an ounce, miners might want to look hard at these eucalyptus tree findings, the team suggests. Gold discoveries have declined roughly 45 percent over the last ...

The sulfur mine near the Kawah Ijen volcano, on the island of Java, Indonesia, has been active since 1968. It employs about 300 miners who face excruciating heat, toxic fumes, and huge loads in ...

The National Geographic Mega Gemstone and Fossil Dig Kit gives your child a phenomenally fun, hands-on chance to discover real gemstones and fossils! This Kit Includes 10 real gemstones and 10 real fossils in the extra-large dig brick, 1 excavation tool, 1 brush, 1 magnifying glass, and a full-color Learning Guide with instructions. ...

In March, President Joe Biden ordered more federal resources directed toward mining metals and minerals essential for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, including nickel, cobalt, graphite, and lithium.

A young daughter-in-law, Nisha, shook a wooden rocker for hours, ladling river water on the sand to sift out heavier flecks of gold. As with many families of the Sonewal mining caste, none of the children …

ABU ZAWAL, Egypt — If you're searching for gold in Egypt's Eastern Desert, you should bring water, a spare tire, an exploration geologist, and a good map. By 10:30 a.m. we'd already made ...

Two miners, both wearing hardhats, push a cart out of a uranium mine in Kern Countym California in 1955. To bolster its nuclear arsenal, the U.S. government paid prospectors to mine uranium ...

This story appears in the January 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. Like many of his Inca ancestors, Juan Apaza is possessed by gold. Descending into an icy tunnel 17,000 feet up in the ...

The mission: Find and stop a destructive gold mining operation hidden deep in the rainforest 's interior. The world's richest reservoir of plant and animal life is found …

Here is what we do know. First, that underneath the world's biggest salt flat lies another wonder: one of the world's greatest lithium deposits, perhaps 17 percent of the planet's total.

Between 2017 and 2019, gold mining destroyed 25,315 acres of land across three Indigenous territories—Munduruku, Yanomami, and Kayapó—located in Brazil's Legal Amazon (BLA), a socio ...

Posts about gold mining written by carylsue. SCIENCE Ancient Water, New Hopes in Search for Life Scientists have discovered water that has been trapped in rock for more than a billion years.

The simplest way to get into gold mining is to comb through sediments along the riverbank. Gold is 19 times heavier than water and denser than about anything else in the stream, so it quickly ...

The McLaughlin gold mine in California, which berger cites as a model, was bound by the state's stringent laws, but even more by the high stakes of operating near Napa County's wine country.

Standing just over 4.7 inches tall and weighing roughly half a pound, the yellow curlicues of precious metal represent the rarest form of gold ever found. "It's truly a unique object—there ...

Corruption, gold mining threaten a new see-through glass frog. The Manduriacu glass frog's tiny habitat lies within a mining concession—and it needs urgent protection to survive ...

Runners—accompanied by a donkey carrying a pick, shovel, and gold pan in its saddlebags—tackle the dusty, pine tree-lined trails through the former mining district, a National Historic Landmark.

But not always – in South Africa, within the darkness of a gold mine, there is an ecosystem that consists of a single species, a type of bacteria that is the only thing alive in the hot, oxygen ...

Ore is a deposit in Earth's crust of one or more valuable minerals.The most valuable ore deposits contain metals crucial to industry and trade, like copper, gold, and iron. Copper ore is mined for a variety …

Illegal gold mining in Ghana further exacerbates a volatile cocoa market. In 2014, experts predicted a global cocoa shortage by 2020. However, cocoa production statistics have been unpredictable ...

A twenty-first century Yukon "gold rush" is threatening the pristine Peel watershed, but Canada's First Nations are negotiating a land-use plan that protects its wildlife, water, and habitat. Use this activity to explore an unspoiled watershed and the potential impact of mining on the system.

Amid Gold Rush, Jaguars Clash With Miners. Nearly one hundred of the big cats have died since the 2008 recession raised the value of gold, says National Geographic grantee Anthony Cummings.

Gold "Mining" Termites Found, May Lead Humans to Riches. Insects stockpile precious metal while gathering nest material, study says.

In Peru, National Geographic Explorer Jennifer Angel-Amaya monitors the toxin, used in some mining operations, and aims to establish mercury-free gold as a hot commodity.

The bottom of the world's ocean contains vast supplies of precious metals and other resources, including gold, diamonds, and cobalt. Now, as the first deep-sea mining project ramps up, nations are ...

On February 12, 1851, a prospector discovered flecks of gold in a waterhole near Bathurst, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Soon, even more gold was discovered in what would become the neighboring state …