Environmental degradation through mining for energy resources: The case of the shrinking Laguna Santa Rosa wetland in the Atacama Region of Chile
As the world strives to replace fossil fuels with clean energy – reflected by global surge in the number of electric vehicles – the environmental impact of mining all the lithium (Li) needed to enable such a transformation has become a problem in its own right. In South America, the biggest problem...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Energy Geoscience |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666759221000652 |