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Covers:  geology, oceans, space, climate, education, climate change, paleontology, geoscience, science communication, water
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China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs var abtest_2165618 = new ABTest(2165618, 'click');

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By Scott Johnson Verified
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Look at chemistry of batteries and motors shows big opportunity for recycling. While recycling is a mathematically obvious response to the finite, non-renewable nature of many resources, the economic math is often challenging. For many materials, it can be hard to compete with virgin materials on a cost basis. Fast-moving technologies like electric vehicles throw in an added complication: By the time a car is scrapped, the industry may have moved on to a different battery chemistry.
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Ozone damage could have been detected decades earlier var abtest_2161003 = new ABTest(2161003, 'click'); Original

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With today’s scientific tools, the problem could have been spotted in the 1950s. Ozone over Antarctica in September 2023. Ozone over Antarctica in September 2023. The ban on ozone-depleting substances that successfully reversed the growth of the hole in the ozone layer isn’t seen as a missed opportunity. On the contrary, the quick global response is one of the best cases of common-sense environmental action. But what if it could have been done even earlier?
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Good news—we have extra time before the Sun ends life on Earth

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Adding insolation to injury Will the Sun roast Earth’s plants or starve them? The Sun will, someday, be a real jerk. The Sun will, someday, be a real jerk. It’s a bit worrying when a scientific paper begins, “How long will life on Earth survive?” But in this case—a study by Jacob Haqq‐Misra of Blue Marble Space and Eric Wolf at the University of Colorado Boulder—the billion-plus-year timeline under consideration shouldn’t cause you too much existential panic.
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