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Surface mining is more ecologically damaging than subsurface mining.
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Surface mining (strip, open-pit, mountaintop removal) removes vegetation and topsoil, reshapes landscapes, destroys habitats, increases erosion and sedimentation, and can alter hydrology—impacts that are typically broader and more severe than the primarily subsurface disturbances from underground mining.
Surface mining (strip, open-pit, mountaintop removal) removes vegetation and topsoil, reshapes landscapes, destroys habitats, increases erosion and sedimentation, and can alter hydrology—impacts that are typically broader and more severe than the primarily subsurface disturbances from underground mining.
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