The Periodic Table of Endangered Elements

The European Chemical Society has released a revised version of the Periodic Table.

In this Periodic Table, the area of each element links to its number of atoms on a logarithmic scale. Based on current consumption levels, the color coding reveals whether there is enough of each chemical element or whether the element is becoming deficient.

While these elements don't technically run out but transform, some are being used up extremely quickly, where they may rapidly become exceptionally scarce.

One chemical element worth pointing out in the Periodic Table is carbon, which is three different colors: green, red, and dark gray.

Green, because carbon is in abundance as carbon dioxide

Red, because it will in the nearest future cause several considerable problems if consumption habits don't change

Gray because carbon-based fuels often come from conflict nations.

The carbon cycle balances photosynthesis, by which plants grow, taking up carbon dioxide, with respiration, by which we and all living organisms exist and give out CO2. For millennia, these two processes, compounded with CO2 absorption and release by the oceans, have been in balance, explaining the soft green color given to carbon in the Periodic Table.

Burning carbon-based fuels pump so much additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that photosynthesis and the oceans can't keep up. Hence, CO2 levels increase, leading to global warming and climate change that will cause severe disruption to all living beings on Earth if we do nothing.

Altering the color of carbon is a clarion call to everyone.

Element	Full Name	Status
Ac	Actinium	Plentiful supply
Ag	Silver	Serious threat
AI	Aluminum	Plentiful supply
Ar	Argon	Plentiful supply
As	Arsenic	Serious threat
At	Astatine	Plentiful supply
Au	Gold	Limited availability
B	Boron	Limited availability
Ba	Barium	Plentiful supply
Be	Beryllium	Plentiful supply
Bi	Bismuth	Limited availability
Br	Bromine	Plentiful supply
C	Carbon	Plentiful supply / serious threat
Ca	Calcium	Plentiful supply
Cd	Cadmium	Rising threat
Ce	Cerium	Plentiful supply
CI	Chlorine	Plentiful supply
Co	Cobalt	Rising threat
Cr	Chromium	Rising threat
Cs	Cesium	Plentiful supply
Cu	Copper	Rising threat
Dy	Dysprosium	Rising threat
Er	Erbium	Plentiful supply
Eu	Europium	Plentiful supply
F	Flourine	Plentiful supply
Fe	Iron	Plentiful supply
Fr	Francium	Plentiful supply
Ga	Gallium	Serious threat
Gd	Gadolinium	Plentiful supply
Ge	Germanium	Serious threat
H	Hydrogen	Plentiful supply
He	Helium	Serious threat
Hf	Hafnium	Serious threat
Hg	Mercury	Limited availability
Ho	Holmium	Plentiful supply
I	Iodine	Plentiful supply
In	Indium	Serious threat
Ir	Iridium	Rising threat
K	Potassium	Plentiful supply
Kr	Krypton	Plentiful supply
La	Lanthanum	Plentiful supply
Li	Lithium	Limited availability
Lu	Lutetium	Plentiful supply
Mg	Magnesium	Limited availability
Mn	Manganese	Limited availability
Mo	Molybdenum	Limited availability
N	Nitrogen	Plentiful supply
Na	Sodium	Plentiful supply
Nb	Niobium	Limited availability
Nd	Neodymium	Limited availability
Ne	Neon	Plentify supply
Ni	Nickel	Limited availability
O	Oxygen	Plentiful supply
Os	Osmium	Rising threat
P	Phosphorus	Limited availability
Pa	Protactinium	Plentiful supply
Pb	Lead	Limited availability
Pd	Palladium	Rising threat
Po	Polonium	Plentiful supply
Pr	Praseodymium	Plentiful supply
Pt	Platinum	Rising threat
Ra	Radium	Plentiful supply
Rb	Rubidium	Plentiful supply
Re	Rhenium	Plentiful supply
Rh	Rhodium	Rising threat
Rn	Radon	Plentify supply
Ru	Ruthenium	Rising threat
Sb	Antimony	Limited availability
Sc	Scandium	Limited availability
Se	Selenium	Limited availability
Si	Silicon	Plentiful supply
S	Sulfur	Plentiful supply
Sm	Samarium	Plentiful supply
Sn	Tin	Limited availability
Sr	Strontium	Serious threat
Ta	Tantalum	Serious threat
Tb	Terbium	Plentiful supply
Te	Tellurium	Serious threat
Ti	Titanium	Plentiful supply
TI	Thalium	Limited availability
Tm	Thulium	Plentiful supply
V	Vanadium	Limited availability
W	Tungsten	Limited availability
Xe	Xenon	Plentiful supply
Y	Yttrium	Serious threat
Yb	Ytterbium	Plentiful supply
Zn	Zinc	Serious threat
Zr	Zirconium	Limited availability
Th	Thorium	Plentiful supply
U	Uranium	Rising threat

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