Linking mountaintop removal mining to water quality for imperiled species using satellite data

Environmental laws need sound data to protect species and ecosystems. In 1996, a proliferation of mountaintop removal coal mines in a region home to over 50 federally protected species was approved under the Endangered Species Act. Although this type of mining can degrade terrestrial and aquatic hab...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2021-11, Vol.16 (11), p.e0239691
Hauptverfasser:	Evans, Michael J, Kay, Kathryn, Proctor, Chelsea, Thomas, Christian J, Malcom, Jacob W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aluminum Appalachian Region Aquatic habitats Aquatic life Aquatic organisms Arsenic Biodiversity Biology and Life Sciences Cadmium Clean Water Act-US Coal mines Coal Mining Computer and Information Sciences Conductivity Copper Dissolved solids Drainage Drainage area Earth Sciences Ecology and Environmental Sciences Endangered & extinct species Endangered Species Environmental aspects Environmental law Environmental Monitoring Environmental protection Environmental science Footprints Landsat Landsat satellites Laws, regulations and rules Lead Manganese Mercury Mines Monitoring Mountains Mountaintop removal mining Physical Sciences Pollutants Protected species Protection and preservation Public waters Recovery Remote sensing Satellite data Satellite imagery Satellites Selenium Social Sciences Solid suspensions Spacecraft Strip mining Sulfates Sulfur Surface mines Survival Terrestrial ecosystems Terrestrial environments Thresholds Total dissolved solids Total suspended solids Water Pollutants, Chemical - antagonists & inhibitors Water Quality Water quality measurements Waterways Wildlife conservation Zinc
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