How mining influences the surrounding of the ecosystems?

Answer 1

Gold does not really affect the environment. But gold mining does. Land is dug up during gold mining. Many trees have to be cut down in order to create this mine. After that, soil is reclaimed back into the mine. This will lead to erosion, pollution and more as the soil is loose. Remnants of the ores will also be washed into water bodies and contaminate it.

Answer 2

1. It affects the health of the mining workers there. Since they leave puddles in the holes they've made, water-born diseases such as malaria occur. basically, people would get easily infected by diseases and can be extremely sick or may possibly die. 2. When the miners release the chemicals in to different water sources (ocean, rivers, lakes) people who don't even work for mining may get hurt by using these water to drink or to wash things, or even bathe them selves. 3. small scale miners (miners who mine in a small group of people around places) have to leave their homes along with their family for a long time and can not supply money or food for them until they come back. 4. violent stuff such as Theft, drugs/alcohol, prostitution, rape, and sexual abuse occur to innocent people or other people. 5. mining ruins cultural heritages such as sacred/holy sites for people.

Answer 3

I think that it does because we are using all of it and then by the 2080's there will be no gold left for our children or there children and so on so if they have an assiment then they will not have any to do it. i don't know what i am talking about

Answer 4

Well, it doesn't physically pollute the Earth if that's what you mean, but it definitely does hurt the environment in the sense that we are destroying the Earth's Natural Resources. If we keep coal mining and keep extracting oil (which are two of the main fossil fuels) then we will eventually run out. Then what will we do? We can't create more as they take literally millions of years to be created. That is why we are looking into alternative renewable sources such as solar panels (which I personally think are the solution, wind turbines and wave power. Nuclear power is also an alternative but of course that has it's con's too.

Same with gold mining. Not that we require gold for day to day life, but it is at it's most valuable it has been for a long time right now. There are a few reasons for this, one of them being that it is rare.

Answer 5

Mining causes vegetation and other things to be stripped, which leads to soil erosion.

Answer 6

It's difficult to find any good effects from mining on the environment. Some make an effort to clean up their damage when they are obliged to.

Answer 7

humans destroy in a way the land, because of all the buildings they have. and by the way, im so hot.