A South Texas earthquake near Pleasanton was felt from Corpus Christi to San Antonio and over to Falls City, marking a ...

The earthquake was located 11 miles east of Pleasanton and 35 miles south of San Antonio. It's the 12th strongest quake ever ...

In a bid to unearth its own nickel, lithium, and more, the U.S. is using AI to help zero in on mineral-rich deposits.

A machine learning model predicts that five to 19 million tons of lithium reserves are beneath southwestern Arkansas. This ...

His interests include geologic mapping and hydrogeology in Central and West Texas. He creates detailed geologic maps and databases for the Bureau of Economic Geology. Established in 1909, the Bureau ...

The Importance Of Lithium Supply Lithium has quickly become a very important commodity, largely due to the rise of EVs and renewable energy and its associated massive demand for lithium-ion batteries.

Lithium is often referred to as the "white gold" of the energy transition—or, as the USGS put it, "hidden treasure"—because of its crucial role in battery technology that will drive the green ...

Much of the U.S. is exposed to arsenic levels above federal limits, but even below that, arsenic poses severe health risks.

The International Energy Agency has predicted that demand for lithium could grow by 40 times by 2040, and one US state in ...

If commercially recoverable, the amount of lithium present would meet the projected 2030 world demand for lithium in car batteries nine times over.

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