Trends of Global Scientific Research on Reclaimed Coal Mine Sites between 2015 and 2020

M Spasić, O Drábek, L Borůvka, V Tejnecký - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Open-cast coal mining is one of the most often-debated industries in the world. Due to the
significant environmental and health issues it causes, many of these sites have been …

Remote sensing-based biomass estimation of dry deciduous tropical forest using machine learning and ensemble analysis

C Singh, SK Karan, P Sardar, SR Samadder - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forests play a vital role in maintaining the global carbon balance. However, globally, forest
ecosystems are increasingly threatened by climate change and deforestation in recent …

Assessment of land degradation and restoration in coal mines of central India: A time series analysis

TK Thakur, J Dutta, P Upadhyay, DK Patel… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current study analyses land use changes in Sohagpur and Bishrampur coal mines
located in central India during the last 20 years (2001 to 2020). Remote sensing and GIS …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in soil properties and carbon fluxes following afforestation and agriculture in tropical forest

J Ahirwal, S Kumari, AK Singh, A Kumar, SK Maiti - Ecological indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Changes in ecosystem carbon pool and soil CO2 flux following post-mine reclamation in dry tropical environment, India

J Ahirwal, SK Maiti, AK Singh - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Open strip mining of coal results in loss of natural carbon (C) sink and increased emission of
CO 2 into the atmosphere. A field study was carried out at five revegetated coal mine lands …

Development of Technosol properties and recovery of carbon stock after 16 years of revegetation on coal mine degraded lands, India

J Ahirwal, SK Maiti - Catena, 2018 - Elsevier
Surface mining is recognized as one of the essential anthropogenic activities which
drastically disturbs the ecosystem. To offset the impacts of surface mining, revegetation is …

Development of carbon, nitrogen and phosphate stocks of reclaimed coal mine soil within 8 years after forestation with Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) Dc.

J Ahirwal, SK Maiti, MS Reddy - Catena, 2017 - Elsevier
Coal mine degraded land looses large amounts of soil nutrients during surface mining.
However, the magnitude of the change in soil properties can be offset with afforestation. A …

Biochar‐assisted eco‐restoration of coal mine degraded land to meet United Nation Sustainable Development Goals

D Ghosh, SK Maiti - Land Degradation & Development, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The United Nations (UN) launched 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in
2015 to be achieved by 2030 for a sustainable future for all. These SDG provide a blueprint …

Assessment of carbon sequestration potential of revegetated coal mine overburden dumps: A chronosequence study from dry tropical climate

J Ahirwal, SK Maiti - Journal of environmental management, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of secondary forest as post-mining land use in the surface coal
mining degraded sites is of high research interest due to its potential to sequester …

Reclamation of coal mine spoil and its effect on Technosol quality and carbon sequestration: A case study from India

J Ahirwal, A Kumar, M Pietrzykowski… - Environmental Science and …, 2018 - Springer
A field study was carried out to assess the impact of revegetation on Technosol quality in the
post-mining sites (Central Coalfield Limited, India). The study evaluated community …