What impact does mining in antarctica have?

Answer 1

Another Answer

There is no mining in Antarctica.

The environment is too extreme, cold and isolated to make mining any kind of a sound financial investment. This is in addition to it being banned under The Antarctic Treaty.

Antarctica is a continent for science shared among nations representing 80% of the earth's population.

_______First Answer_______ well, firstly mining is illegal until 2041 and was banned by the antarctic treaty in 1991.

scientists already know that there is a big hole in the ozone layer that appears every spring, by mining antarctica we are only making the hole bigger

also it will destroy animals habitats such as penguins and seals

breeding will be hard for them. also mining will poison waters and will destroy half of the land, this will kill seals, whales and penguin and fish and others

although we do not have enough resources to last until 2048 so if we mine there we can drive cars in and use computers and other things. there is a large quantity of oil which is needed, although if we let mining people will fight over it, as people are fighting for oil in Iraq

there is also

- Silver

- Gold

- Cobalt

- copper

- Chromium

- Iron

- Molybdenum

- Manganese

- Nickel

- Lead

- Titanium

- Uranium

- Zinc

soon there will probably be another gold rush if we really need gold even though there is not that much

transport to and from antarctica would be very expensive alone and with all the other fees

there will be another depression.

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Answer 2

Under the Antarctic Treaty, there can be no mining or mineral exploration in the Antarctic. The only commercial activity allowed in the region is that of tourism, and then only if it has no effect on the environment.

Answer 3

You can't even mine in Antarctica for a start!!