{"id":2221,"date":"2026-10-16T13:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/unicorn778-climate-change-could-send-more-toxic-mining-waste-into-coastal-waters-study-warns-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T13:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T13:14:18","slug":"unicorn778-climate-change-could-send-more-toxic-mining-waste-into-coastal-waters-study-warns-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/unicorn778-climate-change-could-send-more-toxic-mining-waste-into-coastal-waters-study-warns-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICORN778 Climate change could send more toxic mining waste into coastal waters, study warns Peluang Terburuk Saat Bermain Slot Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-332723\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bulletpoints-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>Worst-case climate change modeling shows that rising temperatures and changing weather patterns could heighten mining contamination risks for marine environments, with some regions exposed to compounding hazards.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Metal mines and their waste storage facilities pose a pollution risk to nearly 293,000 kilometers (182,000 miles) of coastline, according to a new analysis.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The analysis finds long-term release of toxic waste from inactive mines is a larger global challenge than the failure of dams holding mining waste, or tailings, with remediation posing key financial and political challenges.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"content-expander\"><span>See All Key Ideas<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Demand for metals has <a href=\"https:\/\/orbi.uliege.be\/handle\/2268\/244276\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">exploded<\/a> in recent decades, thanks to population growth, technological innovation, and economic development. The volume of metal ores like iron and copper extracted globally <a href=\"https:\/\/orbi.uliege.be\/handle\/2268\/244276\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">quadrupled<\/a> during the last half-century, and the trillion-dollar industry shows no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>But the growing demand comes with environmental risks. Both metal mines and the storage facilities that hold vast amounts of toxic mining waste, known as tailings, can release pollution into the surrounding environment, contaminating land and water with heavy metals and harmful chemicals. This pollution can eventually wash downstream, affecting coastal communities and marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0012825226002941\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">analysis<\/a> recently published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews warns that climate change could exacerbate the risks of metal mining pollution on marine environments. Researchers examined areas where compounding risks from warmer temperatures, rising seas, and changing weather patterns could release more toxic waste into the landscape over the next century, highlighting the need for remediation and monitoring. They identified the six regions where overlapping hazards pose the highest risk: North America, South America, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, East Asia, and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe isolate six hotspots, but that makes up a large part of the world,\u201d study lead author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noc.ac.uk\/n\/Adam%20Sproson\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Adam Sproson<\/a>, a research scientist at the National Oceanography Centre in the U.K., told Mongabay. \u201cThere\u2019s quite a lot of coastline to cover.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_332726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-332726\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115126\/geograph-712537-by-John-Gibson1.jpg\" alt=\"2. The coastal Levant Mine in Cornwall, U.K., in 2008, with ocean in background. This tin and copper mine operated from the 18th century until the 1930s, and its workings extended under the sea. Legacy contamination still exists at the site, which is monitored by local and national environmental authorities.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115126\/geograph-712537-by-John-Gibson1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115126\/geograph-712537-by-John-Gibson1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115126\/geograph-712537-by-John-Gibson1-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The coastal Levant Mine in Cornwall, U.K., in 2008. This tin and copper mine operated from the 18th century until the 1930s, and its workings extended under the sea. Legacy contamination still exists at the site, which is monitored by local and national environmental authorities. Image \u00a9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/profile\/16767\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">John Gibson<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/photo\/712537\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Geograph<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.adg6704\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">study<\/a> found that roughly 23 million people around the world live along rivers and floodplains with potentially dangerous concentrations of metal mining pollution. But the global scale of the problem in marine environments \u2014 which billions of people depend on for their food and livelihoods \u2014 was unknown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not just potentially an environmental pollution issue,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.imperial.ac.uk\/t.mckenzie\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Tristan McKenzie<\/a>, a professor of coastal hydrology and chemistry at University College London in the U.K., who wasn\u2019t involved with the study, told Mongabay. \u201cThis is also a health issue. This is a food quality issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>How mining pollution enters the environment<\/h2>\n<p>To investigate how mines could be impacting coastal areas, the researchers assembled the first global database of the 4,094 active mines, 28,563 inactive mines, and 1,427 tailings storage facilities that could contaminate marine environments. They found that nearly 293,000 kilometers (182,000 miles) of coastline is at risk of contamination from metal mining.<\/p>\n<p>This data analysis is \u201can impressive achievement\u201d given how hard it is to access and analyze this information for different metals and across multiple international databases, McKenzie said. \u201cIt\u2019s giving us an idea of where we should be investing our monitoring and mitigation strategies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The researchers explained in the paper that metal mining pollution can enter the environment in many different ways. Famously, it can happen suddenly and violently, in what\u2019s known as a tailings dam failure. In 2015, for example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2025\/12\/rio-doce-communities-still-live-with-toxic-water-10-years-after-mariana-disaster\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">collapse of a tailings dam in Minas Gerais, Brazil<\/a>, released nearly 43.7 million cubic meters (1.54 billion cubic feet) of a waste slurry that killed 19 people and contaminated rivers for hundreds of kilometers, eventually reaching the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_332729\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-332729\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115704\/f.-Mariana-dam-disaster-Brazil-54327936904_94a6c2c2f5_o1.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of the Fund\u00e3o Dam surrounded by green mountains in Minas Gerais, Brazil, which in 2015 \u2014 known as the Mariana dam disaster \u2014 led to one of the largest instances of mineral tailings contamination ever recorded. The toxic mud seeped into the soil, polluting groundwater and traveling 668 kilometers (415 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean via the Doce River.\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115704\/f.-Mariana-dam-disaster-Brazil-54327936904_94a6c2c2f5_o1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115704\/f.-Mariana-dam-disaster-Brazil-54327936904_94a6c2c2f5_o1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115704\/f.-Mariana-dam-disaster-Brazil-54327936904_94a6c2c2f5_o1-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115704\/f.-Mariana-dam-disaster-Brazil-54327936904_94a6c2c2f5_o1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115704\/f.-Mariana-dam-disaster-Brazil-54327936904_94a6c2c2f5_o1-610x406.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The collapse of the Fund\u00e3o Dam in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 2015 \u2014 known as the Mariana dam disaster \u2014 led to one of the largest instances of mineral tailings contamination ever recorded. The toxic mud seeped into the soil, polluting groundwater and traveling 668 kilometers (415 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean via the Doce River. Image by William Roberto Ramalho De Miranda via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/williamrobertoramalhodemiranda\/54327936904\/in\/album-72177720323825180\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Flickr<\/a> (Public domain).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But it can also occur over the long term, in processes that may continue centuries or even millennia after a mine closes. Waste can erode and disperse slowly, washing away with rain or getting picked up by a breeze.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that while preventing catastrophic failures is critical, the continual release of pollution from inactive mines is actually the larger global challenge. \u201cThese are the main contaminants globally,\u201d Sproson said, with areas like the southwest of England still dealing with pollution from legacy mines that stopped operating long ago.<\/p>\n<h2>Climate change and pollution hotspots<\/h2>\n<p>Since these processes are shaped by weather patterns like rain, wind, and temperature, the team wanted to see how the effects of climate change could alter them this century. They used the worst-case climate modeling scenario, known as RCP8.5. While this model was retired this year by the U.N.\u2019s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, McKenzie said it\u2019s still helpful for identifying pollution hotspots that are unlikely to vary dramatically across scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>The modeling showed that in temperate zones, 99% more active mines, 252% more inactive mines and 148% more tailings storage facilities would see warmer summers between 2071 and 2099. These rising temperatures would lead to more erosion and thawing that could release toxic waste into the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>This is already happening. Previous <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11027-010-9269-3\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">research<\/a> documented cases of Canadian mining infrastructure being pushed to its limits, including three tailings dumps that failed in the Yukon because they weren\u2019t built to withstand the effects of melting permafrost.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change, including higher temperatures, can also alter rain and wind patterns. The analysis showed that roughly three-quarters of active and inactive mines could see more precipitation near the end of the century, increasing the risk of pollution washing into the watershed. Yet more than half of all tailings storage facilities are likely to see reduced rainfall, heightening the potential for waste to dry out and get blown away.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_332727\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-332727\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115156\/The_Boac_River1.jpg\" alt=\"The Boac River in Marinduque Island, Philippines, after Typhoon Son-Tinh in 2012. In 1996, a toxic tailings spill known as the Marcopper mining disaster released waste into the Makulapnit-Boac river system, polluting water supplies, affecting local wildlife as well as fishing and agriculture, and displacing families.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115156\/The_Boac_River1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115156\/The_Boac_River1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115156\/The_Boac_River1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115156\/The_Boac_River1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115156\/The_Boac_River1-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115156\/The_Boac_River1-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Boac River in Marinduque Island, Philippines, after Typhoon Son-Tinh in 2012. In 1996, a toxic tailings spill known as the Marcopper mining disaster released waste into the Makulapnit-Boac river system, polluting water supplies, affecting local wildlife as well as fishing and agriculture, and displacing families. Image by Totoyba2 via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Boac_River.JPG\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:CC-BY-SA-3.0\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">CC-BY-SA-3.0<\/a>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Further compounding the risks, all of the mines in the database are near coastlines likely to experience significant sea level rise \u2014 as much as 3-5 meters (about 10-16 feet) in some extreme cases \u2014 by 2100 under the model. This could result in seawater flooding contaminated sediment and eroding coastlines.<\/p>\n<p>Higher sea levels and storm surges could also stir up pollution that has already entered coastal environments, heightening the risk of metals building up in the food chain. And the chemicals found in mining waste can contribute to ocean acidification, further endangering the health of coastal ecosystems.<\/p>\n<h2>Protecting vulnerable areas<\/h2>\n<p>To prepare for climate change\u2019s impacts and prevent coastal contamination, the researchers recommend monitoring in the highest-risk locations. Satellite observation has already been used to <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10230-020-00727-1\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">assess the risk<\/a> of dam failures in Peru, for example, and on-the-ground sampling efforts can be used to model marine contamination, according to the study.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_332730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-332730\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115708\/g.-Contaminated_Rio_Doce_Water_Flows_into_the_Atlantic_-_NASA1.jpg\" alt=\"Nearly two weeks after the Mariana dam disaster in 2015, the iron waste reached the Atlantic Ocean. This satellite image of brown, contaminated river water entering a green ocean features Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115708\/g.-Contaminated_Rio_Doce_Water_Flows_into_the_Atlantic_-_NASA1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115708\/g.-Contaminated_Rio_Doce_Water_Flows_into_the_Atlantic_-_NASA1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115708\/g.-Contaminated_Rio_Doce_Water_Flows_into_the_Atlantic_-_NASA1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115708\/g.-Contaminated_Rio_Doce_Water_Flows_into_the_Atlantic_-_NASA1-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/10\/15115708\/g.-Contaminated_Rio_Doce_Water_Flows_into_the_Atlantic_-_NASA1-610x610.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nearly two weeks after the Mariana dam disaster in 2015, the iron waste reached the Atlantic Ocean. This image features Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Image by Joshua Stevens\/<a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/IOTD\/view.php?id=87083\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">NASA Earth Observatory<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Contaminated_Rio_Doce_Water_Flows_into_the_Atlantic_-_NASA.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a> (Public domain).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In areas that have already been polluted, the researchers said dredging, covering, or stabilizing the contaminated sediment can keep it from entering the ecosystem. Planting vegetation that can survive amid the toxic waste, such as mangroves or marsh grasses, can also help draw metals from the water.<\/p>\n<p>But they also urged using the best available practices, such as filtering or burying mining waste and shoring up dam walls, to try to limit contamination before it happens. \u201cWe have the solutions,\u201d Sproson said, though financial and political challenges can get in the way.<\/p>\n<p>This can be especially challenging for inactive legacy mines, where there may no longer be a mining company to hold accountable for cleanup. The U.N. has <a href=\"https:\/\/energy.ec.europa.eu\/news\/un-panel-critical-energy-transition-minerals-unveils-actions-and-principles-justice-and-equity-2024-09-11_en\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">proposed<\/a> a global mining legacy fund to address the risks posed by abandoned mines, though the sheer scale of the problem presents a challenge, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/earthworks.org\/people\/jan-morrill\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Jan Morrill<\/a>, international mining senior manager at U.S.-based nonprofit advocacy group Earthworks.<\/p>\n<p>She pointed to reducing the overall demand for metals and implementing best practices whenever possible as key changes to minimize risks to coastal environments. Ultimately, she told Mongabay, \u201cthere\u2019s no mining without risk, and there\u2019s no mining without pollution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Banner image<\/strong>: The village of Bento Rodrigues in the aftermath of the Mariana mining disaster in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 2015. Image by Romerito Pontes via <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/romeritopontes\/23147142874\/in\/album-72157661867466670\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Flickr<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"u12ndIL2R6\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2025\/05\/report-urges-stricter-mining-standards-to-manage-climate-and-social-impacts\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Report urges stricter mining standards to manage climate and social impacts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cReport urges stricter mining standards to manage climate and social impacts\u201d \u2014 Conservation news\" src=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2025\/05\/report-urges-stricter-mining-standards-to-manage-climate-and-social-impacts\/embed\/#?secret=QoeRyfeNu1#?secret=u12ndIL2R6\" data-secret=\"u12ndIL2R6\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sproson, A. 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