New Frontiers (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

New Frontiers

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Rare commodities newly in demand for green technologies such as lithium, yttrium and neodymium will have to come from new sources. These include fast-melting Greenland (its southeast coast, above), which is rich in these substances.

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Margie Turrin/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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