Mining (surface and subsurface): Extraction of mineral and energy resources from the earth through open-pit (surface) or shaft (subsurface) methods.
How to apply it: Use mining impacts to explain how mountaintop removal causes habitat destruction, acid mine drainage, and stream burial.
Course: AP Environmental Science · Unit: Land and Water Use
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