Applying computational tools from text mining and NLP will increase the efficiency of data synthesis, improve the reproducibility of literature reviews, formalize analyses of research biases and knowledge gaps, and promote data-driven discovery of patterns across ecology and evolutionary biology. Here we present recent use cases …
Mining has long created new 'ecological teleconnections' linking industrial heartlands with far-flung areas of supply (McNeill, 2019), as Méndez, Galaz-Mandakovic, and Prieto also argue in their article (this volume). Yet because of how these teleconnections work, its environmental effects tend to remain especially 'invisible ...
2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, regional and global) through direct (i.e. mineral extraction) and indirect processes (via industries supporting mining operations, and external stakeholders who gain access to biodiversity-rich areas as the result of mining).
mining, process of extracting useful minerals from the surface of the Earth, including the seas.A mineral, with a few exceptions, is an inorganic substance occurring in nature that has a definite chemical composition and distinctive physical properties or molecular structure. (One organic substance, coal, is often discussed as a mineral as …
2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, regional and global) through direct (i.e. mineral extraction) and indirect processes (via industries supporting mining operations, and …
The Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology supports the UN Global Compact and is an active member of the Bulgarian UN Network. Between 50 and of the companies in Bulgaria with businesses in the respective branches of the industry are members of the Chamber. The Chamber members contribute up to 5% of the country's GDP, provide …
The term ecology is not well known to many people in mining, especially those in undeveloped or developing communities. Therefore, it is initially essential for academic …
Understanding the effects of mining on ES requires identifying and conceptualising the full ES chain including four key components – supply, demand, flow and benefits (Figure 1) (Mandle et al., 2020; Villareal-Rosas et al., 2020).Extracting mineral resources results in removal or modification of areas of natural ecosystems (Castello …
The intent of our opinion piece is to provide a perspective on how well plants and ecosystems sequester carbon. The ability of individual plants and ecosystems to mine carbon dioxide from the atmos‐phere, as defined by rates and cumulative amounts, is limited by laws of physics and ecological principles. Consequently, the rates and …
This paper reviews the ecological aspects of mined soil restoration, with special emphasis on maintaining a long-term sustainable vegetation on toxic metal mine sites. The metal mined soils are man-made habitats which are very unstable and will become sources of air and water pollution. ... Mining activities generate a large amount …
May help to increase the economic growth of a country. In general, mining can also help to increase the overall GDP and the economic growth of a country. If more people get employed by mining corporations, people will be able to consume more products. In turn, the tax revenue as well as the profits of other companies may increase as well.
2.2. Ecological footprint calculation: Built-up land. While calculating the EF of built-up land caused by mining, we exclusively followed Murakami et al., 2020 who …
By linking life history components directly to their effects on disease dynamics, our mining-modelling approach integrates machine learning and theoretical models to explore mechanisms in the macroecology of pathogen transmission and their consequences for spillover infection to humans. Keywords: Boosted regression; disease dynamics; disease ...
Pit lakes form when open-cut mining operations cease and the remaining pit fills with ground, surface and rain water. Mine pits, and therefore pit lakes, tend to have high depth-to-surface-area ratios with relatively flat bottoms and steep sides in order to minimise resource extraction costs (n.b., for the purposes of this review we are focussing on large …
This article uses a transboundary political ecology framework to examine the geographically dispersed development interests that drive volcanic sand mining on Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most ...
The Origin of Mining Wastes. Mining and the extraction of metals have been a large part of human activity since prehistoric times, and the modern world has an almost …
The northern Shaanxi coal mining area is an important coal production base in China and an ecologically fragile area, and it is of great significance to explore the ecological environment quality and spatial evolution trend of the mining area. Based on Sentinel-2 and MODIS image data, an improved remote sensing ecological index was constructed by …
To explore the transboundary political ecology of volcanic mining, I use qualitative methods suited to evaluating perceptions of in situ mining practices and experiences of environmental impacts. The research draws from participant observation in disaster simulation activities in a Code River community and forty-two semistructured …
Mining activities, including prospecting, exploration, construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, abandonment, decommissioning and repurposing of a mine …
Mining remains an essential and growing part of the modern industry. By some estimates, it makes up nearly 45% of the total global economy, and mineral production continues to increase as demand for raw materials grows around the world.. However, many mining techniques still in use can have serious impacts on both the …
It is a well-known fact that mining activity causes an impact on the environment and ecology of a region. When a mine becomes operational, environmental disturbances either positive or negative become perceptible and being noticed by many (Canter 1996). To assess such impacts, at various stages in the life of a mine, we have …
Mineral prospecting and placer mining. Ensuring wastewater meets water quality standards is important to protect the health of surface water, groundwater, and aquatic life. Using water quality permits, we manage when, where, how, and if wastewater enters the environment. Effective June 11, 2020, RCW 90.48.615 prohibits motorized and gravity ...
J-WAFS researchers Scott Odell, a visiting researcher in MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative, and John Fernández, a professor in MIT's Department of Architecture, are examining climate change, copper mining, and desalination, and their environmental and social impacts on Indigenous communities, glaciers, and agriculture …
Last year, the environmental campaign group Seas At Risk imagined a society in 2050 that had banned mining in 2020. Bereft of a constant supply of metals, the blueprint completely overhauls the ...
Ecology. Danger of deep-sea mining. Ecology. Danger of deep-sea mining. Ecology. Danger of deep-sea mining Science. 2007 May 18;316(5827):987. doi: 10.1126/science.1138289. Authors Jochen Halfar 1, Rodney M Fujita. Affiliation 1 Department of Chemical and ...
The ability of individual plants and ecosystems to mine carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, as defined by rates and cumulative amounts, is limited by laws of …
An unprecedented economic change was triggered by the progress of the medieval mining corporation. The underground wealth of nations was an economic reality in the making, forging capitalist relations long before the rise of modern capitalism. Exploitation of mines depended not upon "the regularity of natural phenomena," as …
The ability of individual plants and ecosystems to mine carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, as defined by rates and cumulative amounts, are limited by laws of physics and ecological principles. Consequently, the rates and amount of net carbon uptake are slow and low compared to the rates and amounts of carbon dioxide we release by fossil …
The article draws on the insights of political ecology to illuminate the politics shaping the enforcement of environmental regulation in the mining sector of Ghana. We argue that the Ghanaian state uses strong-arm measures against artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operators, particularly, the subaltern classes engaged in the industry for …
Medieval mining in Western and Central Europe started in the 10th century and experienced a period of significant rise in the 13th century as a result of developments in …
paper, I use "political ecology" as a conceptual framework in writing the history of the. Philippine Mining Industry and in evaluating the relationships of different actors involved since ...
@article{osti_1491955, title = {The physics and ecology of mining carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by ecosystems}, author = {Baldocchi, Dennis and Penuelas, Josep}, abstractNote = {Abstract Reforesting and managing ecosystems have been proposed as ways to mitigate global warming and offset anthropogenic carbon emissions. The intent …
The term ecology is not well known to many people in mining, especially those in undeveloped or developing communities. Therefore, it is initially essential for academic professors and people who make macro-policy decisions in social responsibility, the environment, and mining to understand this area well [34].In the next step, by using …
The geopolitical ecology of New Caledonia: territorial re-ordering, mining, and Indigenous economic development July 2020 Journal of Political Ecology 27(1):594-611
The methane (CH4) is one of the harmful gases, emanating from the strata and entrapped in the coal seam [2]. The methane is also known as fire damp that causes explosion and fire, when it reaches ...
