In The News: Department of Geoscience

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

It's been a historically hot week and it's only mid-June. So, what do we have in store for the rest of the summer?

AccuWeather

With water levels at the nation's largest reservoir hitting an all-time low, officials are preparing for what that could mean for the region's water supply.

Elko Daily Free Press

A part of the college experience is the opportunity to put down the books, leave the lecture halls, and gain valuable on-the-job skills through an internship.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Lake Mead’s water level reached a historic low late Wednesday, according to federal officials.

AusIMM

This edition covers recent events that have been hosted by the Society and the broader AusIMM, touches on other materials that may be of interest, and introduces the Committee.

National Parks Traveler

Opponents say the project would threaten roads, wildlife, and even the night sky itself, not to mention the lifeblood of the South Rim: water. Proponents point to economic development to serve an ever-increasing number of visitors.

Mining Review Africa

Three days of protests against a major mining conference in Australia have highlighted the resource sector’s role in achieving a low-carbon future was misunderstood, according to an economic geologist based in the United States.

Asia Times

Las Vegas is better known for its elaborate casinos, its high-rolling, jet-setting gamblers, its incredible buffets and, of course, A-list entertainers — Elvis and Sinatra in the old days, and Celine Dion and Garth Brooks today. So how, on this good earth, did a Las Vegas-based firm, become the world’s second-largest producter of rare earth elements (REEs)?

Nouvelles du monde

MP Materials plans to establish the complete rare earth supply chain at the mine in less than four years, and its vision has joined a national conversation on restoring rare earth production in the United States.

Las Vegas Review Journal

MP Materials plans to establish the full rare earth supply chain at the mine in less than four years, and its vision has joined a national conversation on restoring rare earth production in the United States.

Gulf Business

More than half a century after Neil Armstrong took mankind’s giant leap on the moon, another space race is heating up. This time, the promising new frontier for Earthlings is Mars, the planet next door.

Eos

Living in Geologic Time: Will desertification overtake Nevada’s half-million-year history of wetlands?