The Iran war is tightening global tech supply chains by cutting off helium from Qatar, a key source of the gas used in advanced industries like chipmaking.
Helium is formed slowly over billions of years through the radioactive decay of elements like uranium and thorium deep underground.
It accumulates in natural gas reservoirs but is so light it escapes Earth’s atmosphere and drifts into space once released, making it effectively irrecoverable.
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