What Does Being an "Economic Geologist" Even Mean? w/Elizabeth Freeman | GEO GIRL

Check out the rest of the Geoscience Careers 'Work For Earth!' playlist:    • Careers in Geoscience   If you'd rather watch short clips from each of my geoscience career interviews so far (instead of diving right into hour-long conversations), check out my recent compilation video that puts together short clips from different types of geoscientists so you can quickly get a sense of which career or careers you'd like to learn more about! :D    • Day in Life of 10 Different Geoscience Car...   0:00 What is Economic Geology? 2:11 Economic Geologists in Mining vs Oil & Gas? 4:24 How “critical minerals” have changed Economic Geology 7:30 Day in the life of an Economic Geologist 13:01 Where do you do this work? 15:51 What inspired you to pursue Economic Geology? 19:48 Importance of mining for our sustainable future 21:23 Working with environment regulators (it’s a team) 23:56 Take advantage of the turn over! 25:23 Bioremediation and Biorecovery 26:27 Have environmental protections changed this job? 31:24 Will AI replace these positions? 35:42 Biggest misconceptions about Economic Geology 37:41 Caring about the geology (not the money) 39:33 Salary potential 41:33 Is a graduate degree increase required? (no) 43:33 How to do what you want! 45:26 Economically viable resources vs total resources 47:58 Rare Earth Elements 49:35 Why so few REEs in U.S.? 52:17 Greenland??? 57:30 Mining Asteroids & the Moon 59:32 Deep Sea Mining 1:01:01 Gray areas & future directions… 1:03:46 Scarcity drives commodity prices 1:06:15 Elizabeth’s Business Nuna LLC 1:12 Favorite & least favorite part of this career Explore geology deeper with CampGeo – podcast-like conversation with visuals that bring geological concepts to life! Check it out here: https://campcourses.app.link/p5q0W0bxwMb You can also find their podcast, PlanetGEO, on spotify & apple podcast: https://planetgeocast.com/ GEO GIRL Website: https://www.geogirlscience.com/ (visit my website to see all my courses, shop merch, learn more about me, & donate to support the channel if you'd like!) Non-textbook books I recommend: Oxygen by D. Canfield: https://amzn.to/3gffbCL Brief history of Earth by A. Knoll: https://amzn.to/3w3hC1I Life on young planet by A. Knoll: https://amzn.to/2RBMpny Some assembly required by N. Shubin: https://amzn.to/3w1Ezm2 Your inner fish by N. Shubin: https://amzn.to/3cpw3Wb Oxygen by N. Lane: https://amzn.to/3z4FgwZ Alien Oceans by K. Hand: https://amzn.to/3clMx1l Life's Engines: https://amzn.to/3w1Nhke Tools I use as a geologist/teacher/student: Geology field notebook: https://amzn.to/3lb6dJf Geology rock hammer: https://amzn.to/3DZw8MA Geological compass: https://amzn.to/3hfbdLu Geological hand lens: https://amzn.to/3jXysM5 Disclaimer: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission, but there is no additional charge to you! Thank you for supporting my channel so I can continue to provide you with free content each week! And as always, let me know your topic suggestions in the comments down below!