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RE: Surviving the Extremes: Extreme heavy metal plants!

in #science7 years ago

Pretty wild stuff... Metal-eating plants...

i think i'm more interested in the phytomining process.. lemme get this straight, they plant these * metal-eating plants,* in areas where metals are abundant and then burn it just to get the metal extracted?

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It seems so - burning plants can create nutritious soil in itself and there are some species of tree that actually depend on it, but it definitely sounds concerning if done on a global scale...

Thank you for clarifying