TERRAS RARAS: A Guerra Silenciosa pelo Recurso que Move o Mundo! 🌍🔋

What do smartphones, electric cars, and wind turbines have in common? They all depend on rare earth elements. In this video, Professor Andreia D'Avilla explains why these 17 chemical elements have become the most strategic (and contested) resource today. Understand China's dominance in the global market, the fundamental role of BRICS, and Brazil's gigantic potential—which possesses 23% of the world's reserves! Beyond the technological value, we discuss the serious environmental impacts of mining and the challenges for a sustainable energy transition. In this video you will discover: ✅ What are lanthanides and why are they called "rare"? ✅ What are rare earth elements used for? ✅ Availability of rare earth elements in the world; ✅ Where are the largest reserves located (China, Brazil, Russia, and India)? ✅ The strategic importance for the high-tech and defense industries; ✅ The environmental challenges: pollution, toxic waste, and radioactivity; ✅ The future of Brazil in the global critical minerals market. 📽️ Also watch: Volcanoes: The Destructive Power and Science 🔔 Subscribe to the Geography and World channel to understand the geopolitics and resources of our planet! #Geography #RareEarthResources #Technology #Geopolitics #Environment #Brazil #Science #Economy #RareEarthResources #BRICS #Mining #AndreiaDAvilla #EnergyTransition