Black snowfall

Black snowfall

Environmental lovers around the world are being worried about what happened in the Kuznetsk Coal Basin. The region known as the Kuznetsk Basin, located southwest of Russia's Siberia province, has large coal reserves. About 60% of the coal produced in Russia is gained from this basin alone. But coal mines have ruined the environment here. The coal particles in the air are so large proportion that black snowfall happened in Siberia, Russia, on February 2019. Coal mining in the basin is responsible for this black snowfall in Siberia.

We also have to worried about coal. The energy available through coal is relatively cheap, but this cheap energy is now costing us a lot. According to the 2014 data, coal is the largest source to produce electricity in the world, producing about 40 percent of the electricity. On the other hand, coal contributes the largest - about 39 percent - of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. Coal is about 78 percent carbon. As a result, when coal is used as fuel, a large amount of carbon gas is mixed into the atmosphere. In addition, many toxic substances are polluting various elements of the atmosphere by coal mines. Experts warn that the speed at which we are using conventional sources of energy, oil and natural gas will be depleted in the next 50 years and coal will be finished in one hundred and ten years. But at the same time, some scientists firmly believe that coal will destroy us before we finish coal. From the procurement of coal to the state of its consumption, coal continues to pollute the environment one way or another. During the monsoon, the rain in the coal mine pollutes the groundwater with many toxic chemicals in the mine. Sulfur also exists in the rocks in the coal mine. This sulfur is converted into harmful sulfuric acid after exposure to air and water. Also, if coal particles are inhaled, respiratory disturbances and general inflammation can lead to serious illnesses such as asthma, stroke and lung cancer. This is responsible for the toxins contained in coal particles. According to experts, arsenic and mercury are found in coal particles. In addition, it may contain sulfur compounds, too. Neurological problems arise if the mercury enters the body in excess dose. A person suffers from a variety of illnesses, from permanent headaches to sleeplessness, memory loss, and tremors. Arsenic is more dangerous than this. A person who is infected with arsenic more than the prevalence suffers from skin cancer, blood cancer and lung cancer. If coal ash is inhaled for a too long time, the arsenic contained in it kills the person.