Concrete: The Most Consumed Material on Earth After Water - Why We Don't Notice It, How It 'Thinks,' Why Roman Concrete Is Stronger Than Modern, and What Will Replace It: Chemistry, Grades, CO2, and Self-Healing Recipes of the Future
Every person on the planet 'consumes' about three tons of concrete a year - and almost no one notices it. Concrete holds our homes, bridges, and dams, but pays for it with 7–8% of global CO2 emissions. The Lemag.kz team opens the new category 'Things Around Us' with a breakdown of the main invisible material: how cement differs from concrete, why steel and stone are friends, what scientists found in Roman concrete in 2023, and which concrete will heal its own cracks