b)
Figure 5. Patterns of change in mine impact vary over time and
among ecosystem service and biodiversity metrics. Panel a shows the
footprint of the Greenbushes, Australia lithium mine mapped from
satellite imagery across three time periods (2016, 2019, and 2023).
Panel b shows the change in mine impact over time relative to 2016 in
terms of total impact, impact per tonne lithium produced, and impact per
km2 of mine footprint. Values for impacts to coastal risk reduction and
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) are zero across all years, and so these
metrics are not shown.
a)