Hundreds of abandoned coal mines dot the Kentucky countryside, leaving scars on the land and the people who worked in them, ...

BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Sen. Dave Argall (R-29) and Rep. Tim Twardzik (R-123) visited the site of an ongoing abandoned mine land reclamation project near Branchdale on Friday. The project, spearheaded by ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Two projects to reclaim abandoned mine lands and restore polluted streams in Schuylkill County are set to receive millions in new funding. The following projects received a total of ...

Abandoned lands could be both an opportunity and a threat for biodiversity; a recent article highlights why abandoned lands are critical in the assessment of global restoration and conservation ...

About 30 million acres of U.S. cropland have been abandoned since the 1980s, a new analysis suggests. The study, published in Environmental Research Letters, offers a detailed look at land with ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Across the U.S. there's about 30 million acres of land that's been cultivated but abandoned since the 1980s. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison now know where they are ...

Farmland is being abandoned across Europe as it's difficult to make a living. Some ecologist fear that some plant and species will lose ground but some hope that other species may fill in the gaps. We ...

On a scorching Texas afternoon, some Houston neighborhoods heat up far faster than others. New research from Texas A&M University shows vacant and abandoned land is a big reason why. Subscribe to our ...

Researchers studying how species respond to repeated and rapid land cover changes say more focus needs to be placed on preserving the biodiversity value of human-dominated landscapes. With much of the ...

When people leave their rural lives behind to seek their fortunes in the city or agriculture is no longer profitable, the lands they toiled on are often left unused. A new perspective piece in Science ...