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[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07082022/strip-mining-flooding-kentucky/ by James Bruggers 7/8/22 Inside Climate News] | [https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07082022/strip-mining-flooding-kentucky/ by James Bruggers 7/8/22 Inside Climate News] | ||
In past flooding, hydrologists have calculated runoff 1,000 times greater than without mining. Scientists say climate change will intensify heavy rains. | In past flooding, hydrologists have calculated runoff 1,000 times greater than without mining. Scientists say climate change will intensify heavy rains. | ||
=====Deep-Sea Mining—Bonanza or Boondoggle?===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/deep-sea-mining/ by Brooke Jarvis 25/6/13 PBS] | |||
This is the world of deep sea hydrothermal vents, geothermally active fissures that are often miles beneath the ocean’s surface. It’s also, improbably, the next frontier of the mining industry—the future home of what some are calling a new gold rush. | |||
