Colin Schultz
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Colin Schultz
@colinschultz.bsky.social
Senior News Editor @ bioGraphic https://www.biographic.com/story-type/news/

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Reposted by Colin Schultz
Read more about the developing field of phytomining--including the recent scientific and commercial advances--in today's story by @sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social:

Critical Minerals? There’s a Plant for That

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Critical Minerals? There’s a Plant for That - bioGraphic
Could phytomining—using plants to pull metal out of the soil—put the green in “green transition”?
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November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Reposted by Colin Schultz
That's where "phytomining" enters the picture.

This nascent industry is using special metal-accumulating plants to develop a less destructive way to mine--or should we say farm?--metals.
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Reposted by Colin Schultz
But what if there was another way?

What if there was a way to obtain the metals we want--nickel, cobalt, cadmium, zinc--without the need for destructive strip mining or deep sea adventures?
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM