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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Down on the Farm That Harvests Metal From Plants [phytomining]
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nytimes.com/2020/02/26/science <-- shared media article
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[I know that the USGS has some direct research ongoing in this regard; bioremediation has been around for a long time, in a sense this is a natural extension (pun very much intended)]
#farming #mining #phytomining #tailings #bioremediation #geology #mining #mininggeology #minerals #nickel #plants #vegetation #smelter #accumulating #biology #flora #agromining #metals #heavymetals #biomass #hyperaccumulators #bioore #naturalresources #minerals

photo - Nickel-rich sap being taken from a tree in Malaysia
map - nickel levels at surface in CONUS USA
art work - phytomining
photo - Vegetation on a small plot of land in Sabah, Malaysia, can yield hundreds of pounds of nickel citrate every 6-12 months; the researchers are now testing a larger plot of land.
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