Penn State to lead critical minerals consortium powered by $1.2 million from DOE
A byproduct of coal mining, acid mine drainage sludge sites, like this one in central Pennsylvania, are rich in critical minerals. Scientists with the CANARY project will take stock of resources in northern Appalachia that could contribute to creating a domestic supply of these materials.
Image: Sarma Pisupati/Penn State
Penn State to lead critical minerals consortium powered by $1.2 million from DOE
Matthew Carroll
May 06, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. A region famous for the coal that once fueled a growing nation is now the focus of a $1.2 million project, led by Penn State researchers, aimed at establishing domestic supplies of critical minerals needed to produce modern technology from cell phones to fighter jets.
Dead clades walking : Fossil record provides new insights into mass extinctions
Groups of animals that survive an event but never fully recover are more common and long-lasting than expected
Rafinesquina, seen in this close-up shot, was an ancient genus of brachiopod belonging to order Strophomenida. This order survived two mass extinction events, but the second represented a ‘death sentence’ from which they were unable to recover diversity, persisting for another hundred million years as a ‘dead clade walking’ before their eventual extinction.
Image: Provided by Benjamin Barnes Dead clades walking : Fossil record provides new insights into mass extinctions
Matthew Carroll