Mining often happens in artisanal and small-scale mining operations that burn gold-mercury amalgams to extract gold particles. Credit: Simon Topp. For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been ...

New research has found that some tropical trees in the Peruvian Amazon can be used to monitor mercury pollution from gold mining, offering an alternative to expensive air monitors. Previous ...

There are a fair number of trees missing at Augusta. When Hurricane Helene stormed through the Augusta, Ga., area last September—more than 300 miles after making landfall in Florida—it caused ...

Six Flags Magic Mountain is giving Hurricane Harbor a multimillion-dollar makeover during the off season with reimagined theming, fresh paint and new landscaping as the water park prepares to ...

US President Donald Trump unveiled the first "gold card", a residency permit sold for $5 million each, aboard Air Force One on Thursday. Holding a prototype that bore his face and an inscription ...

sport and even royalty This is what Redditors had to say when asked about celebrities encounters Gold Coast locals are still buzzing about years later. “Used to see Ron Howard and his wife every ...

A four-month project to conserve a rare stained-glass window has been completed. The window at the Elizabethan House Museum in Great Yarmouth features 13 stained-glass sections, including 16th and ...

None of that concerned Hatfield, a season-ticket holder for the Triple-A River Cats, with his wife, Mallory, a Red Sox fan, who both sported green and gold Monday night for the first Major League ...

Dharamshala, Mar 31 (PTI) Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama was awarded the prestigious Gold Mercury Award for Peace and Sustainability at a special ceremony held at his residence in Dharamshala ...

The Dalai Lama, Tibet's esteemed spiritual leader, was awarded the Gold Mercury Award for Peace and Sustainability in a ceremony at his Dharamshala residence. Presented by Gold Mercury International, ...