· Coal mining and soil-water conservation are the two major human interventions on the Loess Plateau in China. Analyzing their impacts on hydrological processes is of great significance for
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· To examine the impacts of coal mining on vegetation growth, we calculated the FVC of trees, shrubs, and grasses in different areas, the descriptive statistics of which are presented in Table 1. On average, compared with S0, we detected reductions in the FVC of trees, shrubs, and grasses in S1 and S2.
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Mining for copper, gold, silver, and zinc began in 1879 and continued until 1963 using underground and open-pit methods. The site contains inactive mines and numerous waste piles from which harmful quantities of untreated acidic, metal-rich waters were discharged.
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· However, it is apparent that the storage time of the topsoil has a variable impact on its biological components (Birnbaum et al., 2017;Muñoz-Rojas et al., 2016;Rokich et al., 2000), and whilst
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· The impact of coal mining on the SWC of the unsaturated zone is mainly at the depth of 0-6 m, where SWC is not directly related to the nutrient content of the surface soil. The overall settlement of the ground will stir up simultaneous decline in the quality of deep SWC and topsoil.
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· To expose seams of coal, mining companies strip away forests and break up rock with explosives. The rubble is dumped in the valleys, often burying streams. The loss of vegetation and topsoil can
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· A fact-finding survey was made at an underground coal project of Raniganj Coalfield in Eastern India, to assess the impact of mining on the topsoil. Generally the soils of the local agricultural land are brownish-grey and smooth while those of the danga lands are yellowish brown with fine rock materials, the textural quality being, respectively
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· 3.4.2 Impacts on Groundwater Limestone mining is likely to result in relatively local impacts such as reduced water quality, rerouting of recharge water in aquifer, increased run-off and thereby leading to localized reduction in groundwater storage (Hobbs and Gunn
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p. 2 Impacts of Laterite Mining of Nickel and Iron Ores on Watersheds PREMISE Open pit, contour or strip mining of laterites involves removing 1 to 2 meters of topsoil to be able to extract the laterite, limonite and saprolite deposits which occupy the soil
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Top 5 ways mining impacts nature and what we can do about it. 1. Habitat Destruction. Land use change is the biggest driver of terrestrial biodiversity loss globally and mining can drive this change. Mining often involves the removal of vegetation and topsoil, leading to the fragmentation and destruction of habitats for various plant and animal
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This example highlights a significant indirect impact of mining on local fauna in the Brong-Ahafo forest land. In this region, researchers utilized Sherman collapsible live traps for nine small mammal species (e.g. H. alleni , P. tullbergi , H. trivirgatus , etc.) to explore if there were any differences in fauna biodiversity between mining-impacted areas and areas
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· PDF The study area lies in a vulnerable watershed exposed to hazards caused by underground coal mining, located on the southern edge of Inner Mongolia in China. The results
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· Environmental contamination and landscape alteration are well known adverse impacts caused by mines. However, the impact of mines on the weathering are less studied and considered minimal in nature. The destruction and disturbances caused by mines spread in wider area suggesting probable influence on the weathering. Thus, the
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· Stakeholders such as the local community and the local Government or Environmental Protection Agency should intensify monitoring of Saddang River sand mining activities to help protect the river
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· Human activity and related land use change are the primary cause of soil erosion. Here, the authors show the impacts of 21st century global land use change on soil erosion based on an
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· Ecosystem Services Value (ESV) are the various beneficial functions and products that natural ecosystems provide to humans, and are important indicators for evaluating ecosystem conditions and human well-being. Opencast mining is one of the human activities that severely damage the surface environment, but its long-term impact
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· The concentrations of potentially toxic elements (As, Sb, and Hg) and some trace elements in 36 topsoil samples and 18 agricultural soil samples were measured at the Aq-Darreh River watershed, NW
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· Many studies have identified the impact of surface mining through landscape changes, but the spatial distribution and extent of the impacts are considered less in existing studies. The objective of this study is to determine the spatial distribution and extent of the impact of surface mining on the Landscape Ecological Health (LEH) of
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· Odell is working with John Fernández, ESI director and professor in the Department of Architecture, on a project that is examining the converging impacts of climate change, mining, and agriculture in Chile. The work is funded by a seed grant from MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS). Specifically, the
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· HimanshuChandla. Mining has several negative environmental impacts. It can cause acid mine drainage which releases toxic water. Mining also decreases air quality by releasing gases and particulate matter which impact human health. Heavy metals from mining contaminate soil and water sources. Mining activities like surface mining
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· A total of 292 soil samples at the same sampling points in 2005 and 2016 were used to quantitatively study the spatial heterogeneity of SOM dynamics in Tongshuang small watershed. Effects of land use types and topographic factors (slope gradient, slope positions, slope aspect, elevations, and topography wetness index (TWI)) on the
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· Heavy metal pollution of soils around mining areas remains a major concern because of its impacts to the ecological environment and human health 1.Knowledge on the heavy metal concentrations in
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: Yongjun Yang, Yongjun Yang, Peter D. Erskine, Shaoliang Zhang, Yunjia Wang, Zhengfu Bian, Shaogang L · Given the unclear understanding of the synergistic change patterns of the water-soil-vegetation ecological elements in the influence of coal mining in the west, this
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· 3.5. Interdisciplinary dimension of reclamation. All mining operations, due to their nature, have negative impacts on the cultural landscape. And opencast mining activities are not an exception, as they drastically change the former dynamic equilibrium of the landscape, leading to the formation of new ecosystems.
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· the impact of mining on the local watershed, topsoil-EnvironmEntal and Social impactS of mining and thEir 2012 · What is the impact of mining on the local watershed plants and watersheds are destroyed when disfigured land loses the water it once held.Environmental contaminants associated with mining activities may affect wildlife
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· Interpolated (by kriging) distribution of topsoil SOC (a-b) and TN (c-d) stocks (Mg ha −1) based on elevation and land use classes, respectively, in Ayiba watershed northern Ethiopia. Areas with low SOC and TN concentrations and stocks are covered by degraded barren land, grazing land, and cultivated marginal and steep slope
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· Moreover, referencing to the results of multivariate statistical analyses, we deduced that anthropogenic As and Hg were mainly from industrial and mining sources within the Dawen River watershed
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More than 80% of direct mining-related deforestation takes place in just 10 countries, with tropical rainforests suffering the most damage – this most affected biome contains 29% of mining sites but 62% of mining-related
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· In addition, human actions such as unregulated mining which threatens water sources and the quality of water of most mining areas (Attiogbe and Nkansah, 2017; Aboka et al., 2018).
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High-intensity coal mining will break the dynamic balance between key ecological factors, such as surface topography, soil physical and chemical properties, moisture in the air pocket, and vegetation in local coal mining
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