The exploitation of coal resources will bring about a series of environmental problems,
which will not only affect the surface ecological environment of the region, seriously …

Groundwater plays a key role in water supplies in arid/semi-arid regions. Long-term coal
mining can change the groundwater flow systems and chemistry, and may consequently …

Large-scale oceanic oscillations and their teleconnections with meteorological events are of
great importance in macro-scale climatic studies. In this regard, this study investigates the …

A pesar de tener una economía emergente, Perú es uno de los principales productores
cupríferos del mundo, sosteniendo gran parte de su desarrollo sobre la base de esta …

Robust planning for mine closure is crucial for minimising negative environmental impacts
and ensuring a positive post-mining legacy. Even though climate is an important factor in the …

End users of seasonal rainfall forecasts demand not only skilful forecasts of rainfall totals but
also skilful forecasts of rainfall extremes. For better forecasts of rainfall extremes, the copula …

In this study, reanalysis data and a long-term simulation with the regional climate model
WRF (1982–2017; 10 km resolution) is used to analyze synoptic and regional processes …

The mining industry is susceptible to the effects of local climatic changes just as the
surrounding socioecological systems are exposed to both mining and changing climate …

Precipitation patterns are expected to change in the future climate, affecting humans through
a number of factors. Global climate models (GCM) are our best tools for projecting large …

It is difficult to obtain reliable shear strength parameters for the stability analysis and
evaluation of tailings dams in an unstable state. In this study, the sensitivity of the shear …