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A new solvent-based technique could change how lithium is extracted from brines, potentially making the process faster, cheaper, and viable in places where conventional methods fail. Few elements are as key to the clean energy transition as lithium, and global demand for it is soaring. The metal powers the rechargeable batteries inside electric vehicles and […]
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A long running scientific dispute about the origin of the Silverpit Crater beneath the southern North Sea has now been settled.
New research shows that the structure formed when an asteroid or comet struck the region roughly 43 to 46 million years ago.
The investigation was led by Dr. Uisdean Nicholson of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and supported by the Natural Environment Research…
A massive asteroid hit the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami