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With atmospheric CO2 concentration projected to double within the next 50 to 100 years, attention has been directed towards remediation practices to decrease CO2 concentrations, in addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One remediation possibility involves natural terrestrial sequestration (NTS) of carbon by soils. Soils with high NTS potential are able to function as carbon sinks, and assist in decreasing atmospheric CO2. The NTS potential...
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The interactions between people and place have long been understood as producing an integrated dialogue between them. The forcommunicated paper deals the impact of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), or Superfund, on local communities and their sense of place in southwest Colorado. A literature review of relevant research was conducted, revealing the economic impacts of Superfund (mean 4 - 16.26%...
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On August 7, 2015 the Environmental Protection Agency accidentally released three million gallons of acidic mine drainage into Cement Creek near Silverton, Colorado. This catastrophe resulted in community, state, and world-wide alarms regarding the vulnerability of the City of Durango's water supply. A realization that this precious resource can easily be contaminated caused human-health concerns and environmental impacts to rise to the forefront...
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The Silver Cloud Mine is a cordilleran vein-hosted hydrothermal ore deposit that developed within the Red Mountain mining district from 30 to 20 million years ago. Mineralizaton is confined to radial and concentric ring faulting from the collapse of the San Juan and Silverton calderas adjacently east of the mine. Detailed field and analytical studies establish that the mine contains three primary veins that are dominated by mesothermal lead-zinc-copper...
