A Good Prospect - The Drift

Mining Climate Anxiety for Profit

A Good Prospect - The Drift Issue 10 | July 9, 2023 Image by John Kazior Issue 10 | July 9, 2023 Issue 10 | July 9, 2023 A Good Prospect ​ | Mining Climate Anxiety for Profit Nick Bowlin F our billion years ago, our planet was a restive place, full of geological commotion. At the earth’s center, a molten metal core began to coalesce, while heat and radioactive energy kept large swaths of the surface liquid. Violent volcanic forces made and remade the landscape. Over eons, magma pooled and hardened, forming some of the oldest and most stable parts of the earth’s crust. Heat, pressure, and

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