ELI5. How does mining sand have a negative impact on an ecosystem?

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ELI5. How does mining sand have a negative impact on an ecosystem?

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>How does mining sand have a negative impact on an ecosystem?

A mine is a mine. Where there is a mine, there usually can’t be *an* ecosystem. Anything that lived in or on the sand before will be destroyed by the mining effort and not be able to resettle. That really goes for any type of pit mine or open mine.