We assess climate impacts of global warming using ongoing observations and paleoclimate
data. We use Earth's measured energy imbalance, paleoclimate data, and simple …

Mining activities can pose negative, sometimes irreversible damage to ecosystems, yet
consequences for ecosystem services (ES) and their contribution to human wellbeing are …

Land use/cover change (LUCC) in the Bohai Rim coastal zone has accelerated as a result of
rampant economic development, which has directly caused many negative effects on …

Ecosystem health assessment is vital for regional ecological restoration and management.
Although many studies have improved the framework of ecosystem health assessment at the …

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 in Appalachia has caused extensive replacement of forest with non-
forested land cover, much of which is unmanaged and unproductive. Although forested …

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

Mining regions undergo abrupt and extensive land use change, the impacts of which pose
management challenges for mining companies and regulatory agencies. In this study we …

Soil water is one of the critical limiting factors in achieving sustainable revegetation. Soil
infiltration capacity plays a vital role in determining the inputs from precipitation and …

The upper Yellow River basin over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is an important ecological
barrier in northwestern China. Effective LULC products that enable the monitoring of …