Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
Trent School of the Environment, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada.
PLoS Biol. 2023 Mar 21;21(3):e3002026. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002026. eCollection 2023 Mar.
The climate crisis and rising demand for critical minerals necessitate the development of novel carbon dioxide removal and ore processing technologies. Microbial processes can be harnessed to recover metals from and store carbon dioxide within mine tailings to transform the mining industry for a greener and more sustainable future.
气候危机和对关键矿产需求的增加要求开发新型二氧化碳去除和矿石加工技术。可以利用微生物过程从矿山尾矿中回收金属并储存二氧化碳,从而改变采矿业,为更绿色、更可持续的未来做好准备。