r/science Sep 10 '23

Chemistry Lithium discovery in U.S. volcano could be biggest deposit ever found

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/lithium-discovery-in-us-volcano-could-be-biggest-deposit-ever-found/4018032.article
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u/Dantheking94 Sep 10 '23

It’s one of the reasons we still have an environment at all. We had flaming rivers at one point, and cities were covered in smog. We’ve come so far that people have forgotten what it really was like.