The impacts of intensive mining on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems: A case of sediment pollution and calcium decline in cool temperate Tasmania, Australia

Beck, Kristen; Mariani, Michela; Fletcher, M.-S.; Schneider, L.; Aquino-Lopez, M.A.; Gadd, P.S.; Heijnis, H.; Saunders, K.M.; Zawadzki, A.

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114695

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Long-term drivers of vegetation turnover in Southern Hemisphere temperate ecosystems (2020)
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© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: Knowledge of the drivers of ecosystem changes in the past is key to understanding present ecosystem responses to changes in climate, fire regimes and anthropogenic impacts. Northern Hemisphere-focussed studies sugg... Read More about Long-term drivers of vegetation turnover in Southern Hemisphere temperate ecosystems.

The influence of natural fire and cultural practices on island ecosystems: Insights from a 4,800year record from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (2020)
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Aim: Long-term ecological data provide a stepped frame of island ecosystem transformation after successive waves of human colonization, essential to determine conservation and management baselines. However, the timing and ecological impact of initial... Read More about The influence of natural fire and cultural practices on island ecosystems: Insights from a 4,800year record from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands.

Colonialism and the environment: The pollution legacy of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest copper mine in the 20th century (2020)
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Mining has been a major contributor to economic development in Australia since British arrival in the late 1700s, with little to no thought about the long-term environmental consequences. This study assesses the metal pollution legacy caused by diffe... Read More about Colonialism and the environment: The pollution legacy of the Southern Hemisphere’s largest copper mine in the 20th century.

Pollen and plant diversity relationships in a Mediterranean montane area (2020)
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Understanding the significance of pollen diversity is key to reconstructing plant diversity over long timescales. Here we present quantitative pollen–plant diversity comparisons for a mountainous area of the Western Mediterranean region. Samples wer... Read More about Pollen and plant diversity relationships in a Mediterranean montane area.

Background concentrations of mercury in Australian freshwater sediments: The effect of catchment characteristics on mercury deposition (2020)
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Waterways in the Australian continent are facing increasing levels of mercury contamination due to industrialisation, agricultural intensification, energy production, urbanisation and mining. Mercury contamination undermines the use of waterways as a... Read More about Background concentrations of mercury in Australian freshwater sediments: The effect of catchment characteristics on mercury deposition.

Coupled effects of climate teleconnections on drought, Santa Ana winds and wildfires in southern California (2020)
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Projections of future climate change impacts suggest an increase of wildfire activity in Mediterranean ecosystems, such as southern California. This region is a wildfire hotspot and fire managers are under increasingly high pressures to minimize soci... Read More about Coupled effects of climate teleconnections on drought, Santa Ana winds and wildfires in southern California.

The role of species composition in the emergence of alternate vegetation states in a temperate rainforest system (2020)
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Context: Forest systems are dynamic and can alternate between alternative stable states in response to climate, disturbance and internal abiotic and biotic conditions. Switching between states depends on the crossing of critical thresholds and the es... Read More about The role of species composition in the emergence of alternate vegetation states in a temperate rainforest system.

The impacts of intensive mining on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems: A case of sediment pollution and calcium decline in cool temperate Tasmania, Australia (2020)
Journal Article

Mining causes extensive damage to aquatic ecosystems via acidification, heavy metal pollution, sediment loading, and Ca decline. Yet little is known about the effects of mining on freshwater systems in the Southern Hemisphere. A case in point is the... Read More about The impacts of intensive mining on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems: A case of sediment pollution and calcium decline in cool temperate Tasmania, Australia.