Mining Legacies: Monitoring and Remediation for a Sustainable Future

Dear Colleagues,

Mining activities have left a profound environmental legacy worldwide, generating long-term impacts on soils, sediments, surface and groundwater, and surrounding ecosystems. The assessment of pollution and its ecological and human health risks remains a critical step toward the sustainable management of mining-impacted environments. Advances in analytical techniques, geochemical modeling, and environmental monitoring are enabling a better understanding of contaminant behavior, transport, and bioavailability.

This Special Issue aims to gather original research and review papers addressing innovative approaches to monitor, assess, and remediate pollution derived from past and present mining operations. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) potential toxic elements, mining effluents, mine waste characterization, water and soil quality assessment, phytoremediation and bioremediation strategies, and the sustainable restoration of mining landscapes.

By fostering interdisciplinary contributions from geochemistry, hydrogeology, microbiology, and environmental engineering, this issue seeks to promote integrative solutions that contribute to the rehabilitation of mining areas and the development of a cleaner, more sustainable future.

Dr. Patrícia Gomes
Dr. Charles A. Cravotta
Dr. Mehrez Hermassi
Guest Editors

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