Explain How Surface Mining Affects Plant Life
Like Other Surface Mining Operations That Remove Materials, Pit Mining Operations Scar the Landscape, Destroy Habitat, and Pollute the Air with Dust and...
Why does mining resources have such a large impact on the environment?
Mining has a large impact on the environment because minerals are contained within the Earth. Earth must be removed in order to extract the minerals. When the minerals are close to the surface, the earth is removed, causing destruction to the shape of the land and the flora and fauna living in that area.
Which of the following methods of extraction is the most damaging to the environment a surface mining and subsurface mining C placer mining D None of the above?
Surface Mining method of extraction is the most damaging to the environment. It leads to loss of biodiversity or landscape and habitual destruction, soil erosion, pollution especially air pollution, destruction of agricultural land, contamination of water etc.