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Geoscience for the energy transition
Check out our new Collection featuring articles on: subsurface storage technologies; extractable resources, mining and impacts; and geothermal energy.
Check out our new Collection featuring articles on: subsurface storage technologies; extractable resources, mining and impacts; and geothermal energy.
Mine tailings are voluminous and often toxic wastes, whose management is a global safety and sustainability challenge. This Review summarizes the major tailings storage facility disasters and impacts, emphasizing the urgent need for risk reduction approaches for management and policy.