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2 Earth as a Resource
2 Earth as a Resource
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Tunnel boring machines are digging passages all over the world. In the 1970s, the experience with Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York, provided valuable lessons about environmental pollution.
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Many mining operations now use driverless trucks that rely on sophisticated technology to prevent injury and death to workers. In situ mining, in which minerals are extracted from rocks underground without transporting the rocks to the surface, could further reduce the exposure of workers and others to hazardous substances and situations.
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Her mother told her, "If you would go to college and if you would marry the right man, you won't have to ever clean another chicken coop." That young woman did go to college and met a young PhD student, and together they studied the microorganisms at hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, many of which have become extremely important in the mining industry. For their contributions to biomining, James and Corale Brierley were elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering.
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