Question

A company begins to mine for diamonds in a tundra biome. Evaluate the likely effects of this activity on ecosystem services provided by the biome.

Answer 1

Mining is an exhaustive process. Many resources are required to maintain and manage the mining itself. Disruption of the ecosystem can result from:
surveying
harvesting/procurement
transportation
refinement/processing

These require both human resources to manage the machinery, energy to maintain operations and destruction of natural habitats in order to explore beneath the surface layers of Earth's crust. What are diamonds? Compressed carbon essentially. Does any other form of life consume or rely on diamonds for their survival? The repercussions are dependent on the methods employed to carry out these operations. Continue discussion.

Answer 2

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