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When water meets rock: Exploring water quality impacts from legacy lithium mining in North Carolina
- February 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Starting just outside Charlotte, North Carolina, a vast underground deposit of lithium stretches south for 25 miles. A key component of rechargeable batteries and energy grid storage systems, the soft, silvery metal is a global commodity, making this subterranean cache a geopolitically important and potentially lucrative resource.
Originally published at Phys.org