Mountain snowpacks accumulate snow throughout ... Now, a new study shows that as storms carry snow to the Rocky Mountains, they are also bringing mercury and other contaminants from mines in ...

Let’s be honest, Pennsylvania has more state parks than a squirrel has acorn hiding spots, but Worlds End stands out like a ...

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Combining physical samples with long-term datasets allowed researchers to build a broader picture of contamination patterns. In 2018, scientists collected snow samples across 48 Rocky Mountain sites.

An examination of Rocky Mountain snow finds higher contamination levels of mercury and others metals in the northern part of the range, consistent with increased current and historical mining in ...

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GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - Bats across Rocky Mountain National Park are facing a fatal disease due to an invasive fungus, according to park officials. Park staff say Pseudogymnoascus destructans ...

Translated as ‘the little gauge’, La Trochita, or the old Patagonian Express is a steam train that travels through some of ...

By Katie Musser Joy, For The Mountain Times My Father, Lloyd Alrick Musser, passed away on March 1, 2025, but his passion for ...

Captured by camera traps installed to conduct Snow Leopard census in the Miyar Valley in Lahaul & Spiti: Spokesperson ...

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