The Global Demand For Gold Is Destroying The Amazon Rainforest
Aug 31, 2019· In addition to uprooting trees and other plants, miners dig 2 to 4 meters deep into the ground, where soil is rich in carbon. That soil can be thousands of years old, and gold mining liberates that carbon back into the atmosphere, killing nutrients in the dirt that are vital to plants in the rainforest.
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