{"id":157138,"date":"2026-09-08T06:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T06:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157138"},"modified":"2026-09-08T06:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T06:09:11","slug":"chinese-scientists-propose-turning-abandoned-coal-mines-into-underground-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157138","title":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists propose turning abandoned coal mines into underground farms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have proposed developing \u201cunderground agriculture\u201d in abandoned coal mine tunnels as part of a push to create a green, circular economy for the country\u2019s massive mining industry.<br \/>\nA team of researchers from Shanxi, a major coal-producing province in central China, described the idea late last month in the journal China Mining Magazine.<br \/>\nAn estimated 15,000 abandoned mines in China are expected to close by 2030. Insulated from surface weather and natural disasters, these&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3366734\/chinese-scientists-propose-turning-abandoned-coal-mines-underground-farms?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have proposed developing \u201cunderground agriculture\u201d in abandoned coal mine tunnels as part of a push to create a green, circular economy for&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157138"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}