The mining industry produces fluid fine mineral tailings on the order of millions of tonnes
each year, with billions of tonnes already stored globally. This trend is expected to escalate …

Large volumes of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) are produced by the surface-
mining oil sands industry in Alberta. Both laboratory and field studies have demonstrated …

This is the first in the “new series” of expert panel reports to be commissioned by The Royal
Society of Canada/La Société royale du Canada. The Council of the Society, the presidents …

The Athabasca oil sands deposit is the largest reservoir of crude bitumen in the world.
Recently, the soaring demand for oil and the availability of modern bitumen extraction …

Birds are vulnerable to petroleum pollution, and exposure has a range of negative effects
resulting from plumage fouling, systemic toxicity, and embryotoxicity. Recent research has …

Many wetlands harbour highly diverse biological communities and provide extensive
ecosystem services; however, these important ecological features are being altered …

A novel photocatalyst, Bi 2 WO 6/NiO/Ag, with hierarchical flower-like Z-scheme
heterojunction, which exhibited excellent stability and photocatalytic activity over a wide light …

Abstract Solidification/stabilization (S/S) of a zinc mine tailing through geopolymerization
has been studied. The mechanical property and microstructure of the mine tailings based …

Mercury is a heavy metal that has contaminated countless ecosystems throughout the world.
A large body of literature has documented reproductive, physiological, and behavioral …

Abstract In the Athabasca Oil Sands (OS) Region, the exposure (by air, water, diet), uptake
and deposition of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs), including parent and alkylated …