Mikhail Zhizhin, a researcher at ⁠the Earth Observation Group at Mines, estimated that 300 million cubic meters of gas were flared at the well between March ⁠and July 2026, about equal to half the natural ⁠gas consumed by Mexican households in 2023.

Richard Luarkie, director of the Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Program at the Payne Institute, said the Trust reflects what is possible when consultation leads to sustained collaboration.

The National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology met at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden to take a deep dive into the critical minerals arena.

The article profiles Mines alum Maria Angela Capello, masters in geophysics (1995), and her work in Venezuela and Kuwait. Capello credits Mines with teaching her the leadership skills she needed to serve as general manager of numerous oil fields.

Adrianne Kroepsch, associate professor of humanities, arts, and social sciences, has found that the first anniversaries of catastrophic wildfires were the most promising periods for tough policy conversations in local media outlets.

Article notes Interlune is working with the Mines on the design of an implement that could be used to dig trenches or excavate lunar soil.

Article notes Mines ranked as the top university in Colorado in U.S. News & World Report’s most recent ranking of colleges and universities in the U.S. In the magazine's global rankings, four other Colorado universities placed ahead of Mines.

Iris Bahar, department head and professor of computer science, talked with NPR's The Indicator podcast from Planet Money about Moore's Law.

Article references new study by Adrienne Marshall, a computational hydrologist and assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, that predicts how snowpack will be impacted by climate change.

Chris Dreyer, professor of practice in the space resources graduate program, explained the most likely source for helium-3 on the moon is from ilmenite, a titanium-iron oxide that absorbs the gas.

Morgan Bazilian, director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, says that Silicon Valley can pour all the capital it wants into new-age mining: It won't change the fact that it's a tough industry plagued by a shrinking labor pool.

Brennan Sprinkle, assistant professor of applied mathematics and statistics, was a collaborator on a new study that disproved the age old "silly" sprinklers theory.