It's a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is vast and rugged, a mish-mash of rock, dirt and creosote bushes ...
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‘Lost city of gold’ discovered in Egypt after 3,000 years in archaeology breakthroughArchaeologists have unearthed Egypt's legendary 'lost city of gold' and uncovered a collection of gemstone beads and ...
Sand underpins everything from skyscrapers to smartphones. Sharp sand (as opposed to rounded desert sand) is the key ...
The National Park Service and an Australian company are at odds over an old Mojave Desert gold mine, where the company is ...
“I’m relieved by the county’s decision to give desert tortoises and other wildlife a reprieve from this mining exploration, which threatens these species and this fragile ecosystem,” said Hallie Kutak ...
By 1868, with the colonial suppression of the Indian resistance, most of the California desert was claimed for livestock grazing, mining, towns, utility lines and roads, and military bases. Land use ...
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