Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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What happens after a mine is put out of commission? It fills with water and that water dissolves harmful metals, leading to "acidic pit lakes." Penn State Biogeochemist William Burgos studies some these bodies of water, and tries to figure out how to remove all of those metals - using microbes!

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