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The transition to a lower-carbon world will require copper, and much more than is currently being produced. Demand for the metal is expected to outstrip the supply within the next decade. Host Carolyn Beeler discusses the predicament with Adam Simon, a professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Michigan.