Combatting man-made climate change is one of our biggest challenges. We need both better knowledge of how our climate is being affected and increased quantities of metals like lithium, nickel and copper to meet tomorrow’s demands for clean energy technologies.
Dr Hugo Olierook uses novel age dating and geochemical tools to unravel the causes and effects of past drivers of Earth’s climate to provide better forecasting tools for our present-day predicament. These same techniques also help mining companies find the metals we require to make wind turbines and solar panels.
2023