The demand for raw materials needed for the transition to clean energy poses a major risk to thousands of species of vertebrates, University of Cambridge researchers have found. They led the most complete global assessment ever undertaken of the threat to biodiversity from mineral extraction. It identified 4,642 species of vertebrate threatened by mineral extraction around the world through mining and quarrying, and by drilling for oil and gas. And the biggest risk to species comes from mining for materials we need for clean energy, such as lithium and cobalt, which are essential components of…
