The former is known as underground mining the latter as strip mining or mountaintop removal Either process contributes a high level of damage to the environment #12 Noise pollution One of the most obvious albeit perhaps least harmful environmental effects of coal mining is noise pollution
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Get PriceUnderground mining usually raises public concern because this type of disturbance may insidiously and catastrophically result in consequences such as regressive succession of vegetation and ecosystem transformation Sarma 2024 Darmody et al 2024 Huang et al 2024 Lechner et al 2024
Get PriceImpacts of underground mining Underground mining causes huge amounts of waste earth and rock to be brought to the surface waste that often becomes toxic when it comes into contact with air and water It causes subsidence as mines collapse and the land above it starts to sink This causes serious damage to buildings
Get PriceImpacts of underground mining Underground mining causes huge amounts of waste earth and rock to be brought to the surface waste that often becomes toxic when it comes into contact with air and water It causes subsidence as mines collapse and the land above it starts to sink This causes serious damage to buildings
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Get Price3 Environmental cumulative effects of coal underground mining Unlike open mining underground mining extracting coal resources through the wells usually leads to land subsidence water resources destruction soil erosion air pollution and biodiversity decrease Those problems can interact with each other and develop through time and space
Get PriceThe effect from groundwater aquifers disturbance takes place because of underground mining The core problem is the water pollution which may occur because of the water seeping through the mines and mine tailings There are a lot of solutions that may be offered in reference to increase environmental protection from the effects which
Get PriceImpacts of underground mining Underground mining causes huge amounts of waste earth and rock to be brought to the surface waste that often becomes toxic when it comes into contact with air and water It causes subsidence as mines collapse and the land above it starts to sink This causes serious damage to buildings
Get PriceDangers of Underground Mining Underground mining can be dangerous with the wrong management The most common hazards due to mining are listed below Explosions It is a potential threat that is seen in underground mining Flammable gases and chemicals are always running through the pipes
Get PriceThe devastating environmental impacts of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia have long been well documented But over the last decade Indiana University researcher Michael Hendryx has been examining another consequence of this form of coal surface mining that had previously been overlooked the health impacts on the people in the surrounding communities
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Get Price[1] Surface mining of coal and subsequent reclamation represent the dominant land use change in the central Appalachian Plateau CAP region of the United States Hydrologic impacts of surface mining have been studied at the plot scale but effects at broader scales have not been explored adequately Broad scale classification of reclaimed sites is difficult because standing vegetation makes
Get PriceIt involves large scale movements of waste rock and vegetation similar to open pit mining Additionally like most traditional forms of mining underground mining can release toxic compounds into the air and water As water takes on harmful concentrations of minerals and heavy metals it becomes a contaminant
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Get PriceThe effects of underground mining and mine collapse on areal hydrology were determined at one site where the mined bed of coal lies above major streams and at two sites where the bed of coal lies below major streams Subsidence cracks observed at land surface generally run parallel to predominant joint sets in the rocks The mining and subsidence cracks increase hydraulic conductivity and
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