With billions of shared bit.ly links every month, there is a pretty broad reach of links to mine.
But that said, the continuing problems linked to mining – human health and rights, climate change, deforestation, environmental pollution, water resources, and adverse impacts on biodiversity – are among the most fundamental challenges of our age.
I'd researched the area on the Internet before leaving, and Ajo, the biggest town (population about 5,500) near Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, had come across as a funny sort of place, its history linked to mining, its present inclusive of retirees and RV parks.
Trace element concentrations in the Roñanzas peat bog record reveal a contribution of natural processes but the influence of anthropogenic factors predominates in the last two millenniums, particularly aerosol deposition linked to mining and industrial activities in northern Spain.
We have embarked on an exciting journey through the genome of a versatile soil bacterium, C. metallidurans strain CH34, best known for its tolerance to a wide range of heavy metals and representative for a species that is mainly found in areas linked to mining sites and metallurgical or chemical industries.
This may be linked to mining activity near the contaminated location.
So, you link to mine, I'll link to yours?
While I would be lying if I said I didn't sometimes still wish that my kids' lives had never become linked to mine, in truth, when I try to imagine my life without them in it, I can't: it would all seem so pointless and empty, I think -- my 30's with nothing to speak of but career.
Fred Perry is a name that has been linked to mine throughout my career, so I've taken a special interest in him and seen some of the footage from when he won here.
