Secondary salinisation of rivers and streams is a global and growing threat that might be
amplified by climate change. It can have many different causes, like irrigation, mining activity …

Mining provides resources for people but can pose risks to ecosystems that support cultural
keystone species. Our synthesis reviews relevant aspects of mining operations, describes …

There has been a global, 30-year increase in surface mining, which is now the dominant
driver of land-use change in the central Appalachian ecoregion of the United States. One …

Surface coal mining with valley fills has impaired the aquatic life in numerous streams in the
Central Appalachian Mountains. We characterized macroinvertebrate communities from …

Mountaintop mining is the dominant form of coal mining and the largest driver of land cover
change in the central Appalachians. The waste rock from these surface mines is disposed of …

Elevated concentrations of HCO3−, Cl−, SO42−, Mg2+, Na+, and Ca2+ in freshwater
ecosystems are often associated with anthropogenic disturbances. The US Environmental …

Surface coal mining is the dominant form of land cover change in Central Appalachia, yet
the extent to which surface coal mine runoff is polluting regional rivers is currently unknown …

Southern Appalachian forests are recognized as a biodiversity hot spot of global
significance, particularly for endemic aquatic salamanders and mussels. The dominant …

This review assesses the state of the science on the effects of mountaintop mines and valley
fills (MTM–VF) on the physicochemical characteristics of streams in the central Appalachian …

Modern elevation-determining remote sensing technologies such as light-detection and
ranging (LiDAR) produce a wealth of topographic information that is increasingly being used …