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.