Gladwyn d’SouzaJul 17, 2023

In the year after the excavation, the density of active swimming animals, such as fish and shrimp, dropped by 43% in areas directly affected by sediment kicked up by mining, and by 56% in adjacent areas. The results show that effects are felt beyond the mining areas “by a pretty substantial amount”.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02290-5

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