The Human Impacts Database
A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.Quantity | Value | HuID | Source | Type |
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Average mining efficiency of coal | ≈ 8.37 kg of waste / kg of coal | 39407 | Cooper, A. H., Brown, T. … | |
Mass of overburden moved for mining of coal | ≈ 6.5 × 1013 kg / yr | 72899 | Cooper, A. H., Brown, T. … |