Copper is essential for our modern lives. All industry and technology we use on a daily basis rely heavily on the availability of copper, and our need for copper is growing. Energy production, transmission and distribution, as well as wiring of our homes and cars already takes up more than half of the copper use we today, but as we transition away from fossil fuels, we are going to have to accelerate the building of lower carbon energy sources and this requires vast amounts of copper. So there is a great need to mine more copper, which means understanding copper deposits and the geology behind their formation. Dr Taija Torvela explores how copper is used, and where it is found in the geological environment.

This video is part of Taija's Youtube channel @ourmetallicearth

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