Surge in global metal mining threatens vulnerable ecosystems

[Display omitted] •We perform a global, fine-grained assessment of mining trends across 3,000 mines.•Extraction of nine major metal ores increased significantly since 2000.•Surge in mining occurred particularly in ecologically vulnerable regions.•Limiting mining impacts demands a multilevel and supp...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Global environmental change 2021-07, Vol.69, p.102303, Article 102303
Hauptverfasser:	Luckeneder, Sebastian, Giljum, Stefan, Schaffartzik, Anke, Maus, Victor, Tost, Michael
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Availability Bauxite Bayer process Copper Copper ores Ecosystems Environmental impact Extraction Forest ecosystems Gold Gold mines & mining Grain Iron Manganese Metals Minerals Mining Natural resources Nickel Ores Protected areas Raw material extraction mapping Resource management Scarcity Silver Socio-environmental impact Temporal distribution Tropical forests Water Water availability Water scarcity Watersheds Zinc
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