Question

how does mining disturb ecology?

Answer 1

Most of what is dug up when mining is harmful to the environment. Most common problems are:the by-products of on-site extraction of the compound of interest
excess soil and ground water acidity,
choking of fisheries by silt,
subsidence.
it disturbs the ecological balance
it harms living things by getting rain forests torn down for space and tearing down trees from other types of forests
Soil deterioration
Animal extinction
Land loss
lack of land