Environmental and Ecological Impacts of Acid Mine Drainage, Using Microbes to Mitigate Its Effects

1 Department of Earth Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

2 Department of Biochemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

Email: asadewoyin@student.lautech.edu.ng (A.A.S.)

*Corresponding author
Manuscript received January 19, 2024; accepted March 27, 2024; published May 24, 2024.

Abstract—Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) contamination is the primary environmental issue in industrial areas and where geological mining occurs. AMD is caused by oxidative dissolution of sulphide minerals, natural ecosystems depend on microbial diversity and functioning at their best. This review presents the long-term effects of AMD water such as pollution from Heavy Metals (HM) on humans and plants, and the solution to the problem of heavy metal pollution by microbes metal interactions.

Keywords—Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), remediation, heavy metals, microbe, environmental effects

Cite: Adewoyin Adejide Sunday and Adewoye Itunu Morenikeji, "Environmental and Ecological Impacts of Acid Mine Drainage, Using Microbes to Mitigate Its Effects," International Journal of Sustainability in Energy and Environment, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 61-64, 2024.

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