Will we run out of elements?

Humanity has already found all the elements that exist on Earth. These are all the elements on the periodic table up to 92, uranium. Anything beyond that is too unstable to have been able to exist naturally since the Earth’s formation. Scientists have also made a further 26 elements in the lab and are confident that there are at least 172 possible elements. This means we haven’t discovered a third of the periodic table. So there are plenty more elements yet to be made, but what about the naturally occurring elements – will supplies of any of these run out soon? Use this article and the accompanying TikTok to provide context to students when teaching the elements on the periodic table, natural resources and sustainability.