MINING NEWS: Alaska’s abandoned copper mines leave a markScientists led by UAA’s LeeAnn Munk analyze environmental geochemistry and microbiology of old mine sites in Prince William Sound Sarah Hurst Mining News Editor
A century after copper mining began in Prince William Sound southeast of Anchorage a team of scientists is analyzing the region’s environment to find out if metals are having an adverse effect. Not all the results are in yet, but in some places water quality is lower than it should be, LeeAnn Munk s....
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