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Climate change could send more toxic mining waste into coastal…

The study links the global quadrupling of metal ore extraction over fifty years to growing risks from mine waste near coasts; your upgrade habit has a sludge lake.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN This Morning
Published 6:05 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by Mongabay: “Climate change could send more toxic mining waste into coastal waters, study warns”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 6:05 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.

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MongabayClimate change could send more toxic mining waste into coastal waters, study warns

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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA new study warns that climate change could push more toxic mining waste into coastal waters, and the amount of metal ore dug up worldwide has quadrupled in fifty years.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentQuadrupled is a huge glow-up for metal, bro. That's basically why my phone has four cameras.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentYour phone has four cameras because a mine somewhere is holding a lake of sludge, and heavier storms and floods can spill it toward fishing towns.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA lake of sludge?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentYes, and it's on the same list as the mistakes you made yesterday.

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