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Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that.
Recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China.
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The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, from water to weeds
Not all critical minerals need to come from digging up the earth.
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In the race to find critical minerals, there’s a ‘gold mine’ literally at our shoreline
Instead of continuing to dig tunnels or pits, some scientists are looking to a promising — but challenging — source of minerals: seawater.
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Farmers are reeling from Trump’s attacks on agricultural research
A "rollercoaster" of funding cuts and layoffs have gutted critical agricultural research projects across the nation.
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‘Caught off guard’: EPA proposes to fire hundreds of scientists
“This is not designed to cut expenses, it's designed to destroy,” one official said.
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Earth’s orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse.
By the end of the century, a shrinking atmosphere could create a minefield for satellites.
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This ancient bit of ingenuity keeps carbon trapped for thousands of years
Turning plant waste into biochar captures loads of carbon. New research suggests it stays trapped for much longer than scientists thought.
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Technofossils: How future archeologists will study our everyday objects
Humans have littered Earth with a mind-boggling array of objects that will last millions of years. From plastic bags to entire cities, what will those fossils reveal about us?
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The ‘doomsday’ seed vault in Svalbard just added thousands of climate-hardy crops
Safeguarding crop diversity in a time of climate change remains a priority for much of the world — even if that's not the case for Trump.
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Bogs hold a key to climate solutions through carbon sequestration, but many have been drained
In Illinois alone, more than 90 percent of wetlands have been lost.
