Mining alters the natural landscape and discharges large volumes of wastes that pose
serious pollution hazards to the environment, to human health and to agriculture. As a result …

Despite the trend of a transition to “clean” energy, the coal industry still plays a significant
role in the global economy. The constant need for raw materials and energy for production …

Anthropogenic land use change (LUC) affects soil quality and the global carbon (C) pool.
Such LUC is a potential threat for forest ecosystems because it can alter soil biome and …

Mining contributes importantly to tropical deforestation and land degradation. To mitigate
these effects, mining companies are increasingly obliged to restore abandoned mine lands …

Dumping of acidic mine waste poses severe threats to the ecosystem due to high acidity,
nutrient deficiency and mobility of toxic metals. The present study has been undertaken on …

The extraction of natural resources through mining activities has tremendously increased to
maintain the trade‐off between demand and supply of energy resources. Surface mining …

Although its economic importance, bauxite mining causes the loss of natural ecosystems. In
this sense, the Technosols building from materials made or modified by man, such as mine …

Anthropogenic sources such as urban and agricultural runoff, fossil fuel combustion,
domestic and industrial wastewater effluents, and atmospheric deposition generate large …

The demand for soils for recreational uses, gardening, or others in urban and periurban
areas is increasing, and thus the presence of polluted technosols in these areas requires …

Context or problem Resource-use inefficiency, environmental degradation and food security
are forcing a transformation from conventional to organic and sustainable agriculture …