For the first time, geologists from Tomsk Polytechnic University have studied how clay minerals in marine sediments change ...

Graveyards not only provide a peaceful place to remember a loved one. They are repositories for the study of local history and art, and they provide a safe haven for insects, lichens, plants and ...

Arizona State University geochemist Lynda Williams and her colleagues have discovered that clay minerals under conditions at the bottom of the ocean may have acted as incubators for the first organic ...

The role of clay minerals in determining the behaviour of soil-applied fertilizers is well recognized. Often farmers complain that they don’t get response to adequate fertilizer doses especially ...

Clay minerals are an integral part of the global water and nutrient cycles. They indicate past environmental conditions and play an important role in catastrophic events. Clay minerals exist when ...

As Nigeria seeks to diversify its economy through the expansion of its solid minerals sector, a growing challenge looms on the horizon: the environmental management of mine waste. From the heavy metal ...

Vang Danh coal mine, with more than 5,000 employees, is one of the biggest mines in the northern border province of Quang Ninh (Photo: VNA) The plan aims to bolster socio-economic development, ...