Seaweed is Mined to Extract a Crucial Chemical Element



For much of the 20th century, the majority source of a specific chemical element was not obtained from any time of traditional mining operation. As instead, this specific element was obtained from mining and smelting seaweed. #geology #seaweed #mining #iodine

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