Improving Mitigation of the Long-Term Legacy of Mining Activities: Nano- and Molecular-Level Concepts and Methods
Mining activities over several millennia have resulted in a legacy of environmental contamination that must be mitigated to minimize ecosystem damage and human health, Read more.
Mineral Resources and Sustainable Development
Mineral resources have been used for millennia and are a key to society’s development. With the growing importance of new technologies and the energy revolution,, Read more.
Environmental Mineralogy: New Challenges, New Materials
The close links between mineralogy and materials science are leading to major developments in how society deals more effectively with energy and environmental challenges., Read more.
Kaolin-Group Minerals: From Hydrogen-Bonded Layers to Environmental Recorders
Kaolin-group minerals typically form as a result of hydrothermal alteration and/or weathering processes. They occur in environments as diverse as tropical soils,, Read more.
The Structure of Silicate Glasses and Melts
Much progress has been made in elucidating the complex structures of silicate glasses and melts. X-ray and neutron scattering, spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations, Read more.
Glasses and Melts: Linking Geochemistry and Materials Science
Silicate melts are major components of magmatic activity and of its most spectacular expression, volcanic eruptions. The “hidden part” is even more fascinating,, Read more.
Arsenic in Soils, Mine Tailings, and Former Industrial Sites
Much progress has recently been made on the relation between the crystal chemistry of arsenic and its speciation and distribution at the Earth’s surface. The investigation, Read more.
Scientific Advances Made Possible by User Facilities
National scientific user facilities are becoming increasingly available to many different scientific communities in a number of countries. There is a growing use, Read more.
User Facilities around the World
National and international communities of scientists from a variety of disciplines have been successful in convincing a growing number of countries to construct, Read more.