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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Auteurs principaux: | Michael J Evans, Kathryn Kay, Chelsea Proctor, Christian J Thomas, Jacob W Malcom |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021
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