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Una masa de agua de color aguamarina en un paisaje desértico. El borde del agua tiene material cristalizado de color blanco.
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Nevada tiene montones de litio. Esta es la razón.

by Evan Howell 7 January 20257 January 2025

Nevada se está convirtiendo en un gran productor de litio, gracias a la topografía, el clima y la serendipia geológica.

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Digging Deep

by Caryl-Sue Micalizio 19 December 202419 December 2024

Surging demand for lithium and other elements is redefining the relationship between the geosciences and the mining industry.

An aquamarine body of water in a desert landscape. The water’s edge has white crystallized material.
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Nevada Has Loads of Lithium. Here’s Why.

by Evan Howell 31 October 202428 March 2025

Nevada is becoming a major producer of lithium, thanks to topography, climate, and geologic serendipity.

Satellite view of rectangular evaporation ponds used for lithium mining located amid a bright white salt flat.
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Concerns over Lithium, Water, and Climate in Earth’s Two Highest Deserts

by Lan Cuo 27 August 202413 February 2025

Brine mining to meet resource demands amid renewable energy transitions is affecting water resources in South America and China. Hydrologists can help understand how and join the search for solutions.

Comparison of the range of lithium isotopic ratios measured in this work at the Bisley 1 catchment in Puerto Rico with those previously published.
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Extreme Lithium Isotope Fractionations During Intense Weathering

by Lixin Jin 18 April 202221 December 2022

Extreme lithium fractionation is observed when primary minerals in andesite are transformed to secondary clay minerals and then to oxides with intensive chemical weathering in a tropical climate.

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Clues Found That Earth May Have a Thermostat Set to “Habitable”

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 5 September 20175 January 2023

Weathering of rocks can control Earth’s temperature over geologic timescales, new geochemical data suggest.

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