Oct 12 2010

Miners’ Rescue to Begin Tuesday

Tag: Mining — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 3:20 am
Rescuers will begin hauling up 33 miners trapped underground for more than two months.

Oct 09 2010

Trapped Chile Miner Rescue Could Start Wednesday

Tag: Current Events,Disaster Recovery,Earth,Mining,South America — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 11:20 pm
Rapid progress is expected after a 622-meter shaft is drilled into the miners' emergency shelter.

Oct 07 2010

Uncovering the Secrets of the Greatest Holes on Earth

Tag: Everyday Science,Geology,Geophysics,Mining,Volcanic Eruptions — Michael Reilly @ 5:31 pm
From volcanoes to nuclear weapons tests and sinkholes, researchers who study giant collapse structures hope to understand what happens when Earth caves in.

Sep 24 2010

How Much Fossil Fuel is in the Earth?

Tag: Carbon Emissions,Climate Change,Coal,Conservation,Geology,Global Warming,Mining,Pollution,Renewable Energy — Cristen Conger @ 9:24 pm
Calculating how long global supply will hold out is trickier than it seems.

Sep 01 2010

Bacteria Make Gold Nuggets

Tag: Bacteria,Earth,Geology,Mining — Larry O'Hanlon @ 12:39 pm
The finding could help prospectors use biosensors to zero-in on where clumps of the precious metal may lie.

Aug 27 2010

Drilling to Miners a Slow Slog

Tag: Earth,Earth Science,Mining,Safety,South America — Larry O'Hanlon @ 3:38 pm
The trick to rescuing 33 miners trapped 2,300-feet underground lies with diamond-tipped drills, a steel cage and time.

Aug 23 2010

Chilean Miners Could Be Stuck for Months

Tag: Disaster Recovery,Disasters and Accidents,Engineering,Mining,Natural Resources — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 2:55 pm
Thirty-three miners were found alive and well after being trapped for more than two weeks underground.

Aug 23 2010

Beyond the Black Box

Tag: Air Travel,Aircraft,Artifacts,Atlantic Ocean,Aviation,Batteries,Birds,Child,Colleges,Communication,Computers,Design,Devices,Disasters and Accidents,Electronics,Engaged,Engineering,Engines,Events,Experts,Eye,Fall,Father,Fear,Glass,Government,Health Insurance,History,Internet,Inventions,Investigation,Lawsuits,Logging,Mining,Movies,Murder,Navy,Oceania and Australia,Office,Officer,Polar Regions,Privacy,Radio,Safety,Satellites,Science,Seas,Sensors,Storage,Streams,Submarine,Suicide,Technology,The Future,Touch,Transportation — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:00 am
Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground.

Aug 13 2010

France’s ‘Mysterious Island’ Now Threatened by Ravers

Tag: Climate Change,Dinosaurs,Glaciers,Mining,Weather — Michael Reilly @ 4:18 am
Formed of the coast of western France during a fierce storm in 2009, the unnamed island's fledgling ecosystem faces threats from humans.

Jul 09 2010

There’s Gold in Them Thar…Oceans!

Tag: Conservation,Engineering,Geology,Mining,Oceanography — Michael Reilly @ 3:29 am
The Chinese government has announced its intent to start mining the ocean floor for valuable minerals. A new era in mineral exploitation on Earth is beginning.
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