Senior Lecturer in Critical and Green Technology Metals, University of Exeter
Kate Moore is a geologist at the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, UK. She has lectured on the subject of planetary geology since 1998, and extensively researched the geological processes, from mantle source to Earth's surface, that concentrate critical metals in ore deposits. She led a project to develop responsible and adaptable, small-scale mining solutions for complex ore deposits from 2016 to 2020 (IMP@CT; H2020 grant number 740311) and has recently completed a residency in Earth Humanities (NERC Discipline Hopping for Environmental Solutions grant ‘Mining uncommon Ground’).
The hype is out of this world, but mining in space won't save the Earth
Jan 31, 2023 07:26 am UTC| Science
We know the world must move to cleaner energy sources to head off the worst effects of climate change, but the technology required for the transition is very mineral-intensive. So where will all these resources come...
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