Study of Lawn Vegetation under the Influence of Mining and Processing Enterprise Activity in the Climatic Conditions of the Arctic Zone

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Andrey Goryachev, Tatiana Mingaleva, Alena Kompanchenko, Dmitriy Makarov, Vladimir Masloboev
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: lawn; tailings; dust particles; nepheline; Arctic; drone; Environmental effects of industries and plants; TD194-195; Renewable energy sources; TJ807-830; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Apatity; Murmansk
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811655; https://doaj.org/article/e2a97496148448b9af5088d37af3c643

The purpose of this study was to examine the vegetation dynamics of various lawn grass species in the city of Apatity, Murmansk region, when exposed to anthropogenic and atmospheric pollution impacts. The dust concentration in the atmospheric air was recorded, its mineralogical analysis was carried out, and the dynamics of the development of various lawn types under the anthropogenic load was studied. Cases of exceeding the MPC of dust particles in the atmospheric air were recorded. Nepheline grains were found in the dust samples, which is indicative of pollution migration from the nearby tailings storage facility. It was shown that lawns are able to grow intensively in severe climatic conditions and under the influence of mining and processing enterprises.