Socio-environmental impacts on the Doce River basin, Brazil: a review from historic pollution to large disaster events

AKS Macêdo, TCM de Oliveira, LS Brighenti… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract In Brazil, the Doce River basin has been a region historically affected by intense
mining activity. The apex of the problems related to mining in this region occurred in 2015 …

Major recent failures in Brazilian mine waste containment facilities, current cases of maximum emergency level and imminent risk of rupture, and a brief sustainability …

CAD Fraga Filho, R Aleixo - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Waste is the materials left over after the processing of ores. Significant disasters involving
waste disposal structures have occurred in Brazil in recent years and caused severe …

Remote sensing monitoring of mining tailings in the fluvial-estuarine-coastal ocean continuum of the Lower Doce River Valley (Brazil)

ME Miller, RD Ghisolfi, GF Barroso - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2023 - Springer
Water clarity is a key parameter of aquatic ecosystems impacted by mining tailings. Tracking
down tailings dispersion along the river basin requires a regional monitoring approach. The …

Bentonite functionalized with magnetite nanoparticles synthesized from mining sludge: a new magnetic material for removing iron and manganese ions from water

AAA Lima, JN Quirino, R Cavina, BSD Onishi… - Journal of Nanoparticle …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Magnetite nanoparticles (17.07±1.89 nm) were synthesized from mining sludge
(Mag-NPR) by co-precipitation with ammonium hydroxide. Mag-NPR was used in bentonite …

Biodegradable mulch of recycled paper reduces water consumption and crop coefficient of pak choi

GH da Silva - Scientia Horticulturae, 2020 - Elsevier
Unlike plastic mulch, which has environmental concern, recycled paper as mulch has the
sustainable potential to be used in the production of vegetables and can be adopted in the …

Mathematical modeling and use of orbital products in the environmental degradation of the Araripe Forest in the Brazilian Northeast

D Barros Santiago, WLF Correia Filho… - Modeling Earth Systems …, 2019 - Springer
Vegetation cover is indispensable in the process of inhibiting environmental degradation. In
the Northeast of Brazil, especially in the Araripe Nacional Forest (FLONA), this problem is …

Phytoremediation strategies for rehabilitation of soils affected by red mud: the mariana tailing dam collapse (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

FC Nunes, LJ Alves, MNV Prasad… - Eurasian Soil …, 2022 - Springer
Brazil has a large number of degraded areas due to iron mining and other elements. In
2015, an iron mining tailings dam belonging to “Samarco Mineração SA”, located in the …

Rehabilitation of the Doce River Basin after the Fundão dam collapse: What has been done, what can be done and what should be done?

J Cordeiro, AR Gomes, CHB Santos… - River Research and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Five years after the failure of the Fundão Dam in Brazil, no scientific report has been
published regarding the rehabilitation interventions performed by the Renova Foundation …

Do tailings from the Mariana, MG (Brazil), disaster affect the initial development of millet, maize, and sorghum?

GF Esteves, LA Bressanin, KRD de Souza… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
The collapse of the Fundão dam in Mariana, MG, in 2015 resulted in the overflow of more
than 50 million m 3 of mud containing mine tailings, leaving a path of destruction and …

Mining Tailings Effects on Soil Quality and Performance of Two Native Species of Atlantic Forest: Implications for Restoration

BD Araújo, RA Maia, M Barbosa, TF Silva… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2024 - Springer
Mining activities significantly contribute to environmental pollution by releasing chemical
contaminants into ecosystems, making natural recovery challenging. In this study, we …