Climate change risks and vulnerabilities during mining exploration, operations, and reclamation: A regional approach for the mining sector in Québec, Canada

Bresson, Émilie; Bussière, Bruno; Pabst, Thomas; Demers, Isabelle; Charron, Patrick; Roy, Philippe

doi:10.1080/19236026.2022.2055706

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“…Benchmarks are typically created from distributions of indicator values that characterize the natural range of variability expected to occur in a region in the absence of development and are used to evaluate ecosystem conditions and management outcomes (Gibson et al, 2000; Hawkins et al, 2010; Webb et al, 2020). Outcomes of reclamation may be a reflection of climate and soil setting (Bresson et al, 2022; Shackelford et al, 2021), practices (Soulodre et al, 2022), policy (Lupardus et al, 2020), or combinations of factors. Edaphic factors especially, such as soil texture, depth, and salinity, are known to influence or constrain the structure and composition of reclaimed vegetation communities (Monroe et al, 2022; Pennington et al, 2017).…”

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Time, climate, and soil settings set the course for reclamation outcomes following dryland energy development

Lupardus,

Sengsirirak,

Griffen

et al. 2023

Land Degrad Dev

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Soil attributes, climate, and time since reclamation have important implications for oil and gas reclamation success on drylands. It is uncertain if reclaimed well pads, on highly degraded drylands, can successfully regain ecological function or meet indicator benchmarks for reclamation. Here, our goals were to assess patterns in reclamation outcomes relative to (1) soil attributes, climate, and time since reclamation; and (2) plant and soil reference benchmarks. We collected a suite of plant, soil, and landscape characteristics from 134 reclaimed well pads on the Colorado Plateau that spanned climate and soil gradients and ranged from 2 to 20 years post‐reclamation, then compared characteristics to those from 583 reference plots. On the reclaimed pads, less saline soils, more mesic climates, and longer time since reclamation were associated with favorable reclamation outcomes based on metrics of plant species richness and diversity, plant structure, and cover of important plant functional groups. However, most pads had major departures in 1/4 indicators, suggesting unsuccessful reclamation. Arid warm locations with shallow soils had the greatest percentage of major departures, and noxious plant richness had the greatest departures across soil and climate settings. Our assessment indicates reclamation is failing in key metrics for most pads, and the results highlight the role of environmental conditions in driving reclamation outcomes. These new insights are valuable for ascertaining possible reclamation outcomes and success rates following energy related disturbance, including orphaned wells and renewable energy development. Importantly, the approach used here has applicability for setting benchmarks and outcome standards.

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Time, climate, and soil settings set the course for reclamation outcomes following dryland energy development

Lupardus,

Sengsirirak,

Griffen

et al. 2023

Land Degrad Dev

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Climate Change Impacts on Mining Value Chain: A Systematic Literature Review

Qarahasanlou,

Garmabaki,

Kasraei

et al. 2024

Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering

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Mining is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change (CC). The consequences of changing weather patterns, such as extreme weather events that can damage equipment, infrastructure, mining facilities, and operation interruption, are the source of the vulnerability. The new demand initiated by governments and international agreements put extra pressure on mining industries to update their policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to CC, such as carbon pricing systems, renewable energy, and sustainable development. Most mining and exploration industries focus on reducing mining's impact and climate mitigation on CC rather than adapting to extreme weather events. Therefore, it is important to study and investigate the impacts of CC on the mining sector. This paper aims to study the challenges and strategies for adapting and mitigating CC impacts on mining using a systematic literature review (SLR). These results showed that most of the proposed models and strategies in the mining field are in the conceptual phase, and fewer are practical models.

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Loss of soil organic matter in the mining landscape and its implication to climate change

Punia¹,

Bharti²

2023

Arab J Geosci

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Climate change risks and vulnerabilities during mining exploration, operations, and reclamation: A regional approach for the mining sector in Québec, Canada

Cited by 4 publications

References 58 publications

Time, climate, and soil settings set the course for reclamation outcomes following dryland energy development

Time, climate, and soil settings set the course for reclamation outcomes following dryland energy development

Climate Change Impacts on Mining Value Chain: A Systematic Literature Review

Loss of soil organic matter in the mining landscape and its implication to climate change

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