Copper chains: Earth's deep-seated hold on copper revealed

Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 15:31 in Earth & Climate

Earth is clingy when it comes to copper. Nature conspires at scales both large and small -- from the realms of tectonic plates down to molecular bonds -- to keep most of Earth's copper buried dozens of miles below ground. A new study gives new insight into the way continents form and could help locate new sources of copper.

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