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💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Down on the Farm That Harvests Metal From Plants [phytomining]<br />--<br /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/science/metal-plants-farm.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2020/02/26/science</span><span class="invisible">/metal-plants-farm.html</span></a> &lt;-- shared media article<br />--<br />[I know that the USGS has some direct research ongoing in this regard; bioremediation has been around for a long time, in a sense this is a natural extension (pun very much intended)]<br /><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/phytomining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>phytomining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/tailings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tailings</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bioremediation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bioremediation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mininggeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mininggeology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>minerals</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nickel</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/vegetation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vegetation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/smelter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smelter</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/accumulating" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>accumulating</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/flora" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flora</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/agromining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>agromining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>metals</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/heavymetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>heavymetals</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/biomass" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biomass</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hyperaccumulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hyperaccumulators</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bioore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bioore</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/naturalresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>naturalresources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>minerals</span></a></p>
ScienceActually<p>Sunflowers are known as hyperaccumulators, meaning they can absorb high concentrations of specific pollutants from the soil through their roots. Thanks sunflowers!</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sciencefacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefacts</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sunflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunflowers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hyperaccumulators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hyperaccumulators</span></a></p>
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