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Kid News This Week: Charged up world – innovations in batteries and power, deep sea “dark oxygen,” precious “fool’s gold”

Newsy Pooloozi - The News Pod for Kids

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Nature's Battery: Uncovering Deep-Sea Energy

This chapter explores how the unique rocks found in the Pacific Ocean, particularly polymetallic nodules, function akin to batteries by emitting oxygen. The discussion shifts to the ecological implications of lithium extraction, highlighting the potential of pyrite as a sustainable lithium source. Listeners are engaged with intriguing facts about battery technology and encouraged to further explore the topic through a related quiz.

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