Goodbye, Pumice Island
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- A Greek islet meets its end to make ends meet.
A very long time ago, people on the Greek island of Nisyros routinely crossed the water to a nearby islet called Gyali. These ancient people would head for the island’s northeastern section, where they would mine chunks of obsidian, volcanic glass from which they created sharp tools. The people of Nisyros also traded this prized resource of the distant past with their neighbors.
Today, attention has shifted to the southwest of Gyali, which is blanketed in another kind of rock-pumice stone. Pumice is a prized resource in recent times for its use in the construction industry. It’s mined with bulldozers and other heavy equipment.
Just as in ancient times, Gyali gives the people of Nisyros an economic advantage. Pumice mining has kept the community financially flush, compared with much of Greece, which has been ailing economically since 2008.
The cost to the environment, however, is great.
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Everyone saying this is sad...
I don’t see a problem with this...
Pumice is a renewable resource + This helps the local economy and provides the world with hundreds of highly needed products. Utilizing this island’s resources is a net positive not a net negative. In other words, more good than bad comes from this.
It's a 1 mile wide island and they already mined a significant portion of it. What about when it runs out? When the phosphate mines on the island of Nauru ran out island to mine they had to switch to becoming a prison basically and now hold refugees for Australia.
How such a beautiful island.
As a primary constituent for the industry of water filtration the future of pumice production is obviously very critical and sources of clean drinking water will only increasingly depend upon it. Unfortunate that most seem to only recognize pumice as a construction material. Cheers
This is sad
My Umbrella Parrot eats this mineral and she will fight to get it. She craves 1/2 g. per day when producing eggs and after. I assume she forms calcium from pumice, and this mine should not interfere with migrating birds. Perfect stop on the way to nesting site.