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From: Dynamics of carbon sequestration in vegetation affected by large-scale surface coal mining and subsequent restoration

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Inter-annual variation in the impacts of mining and restoration activities on VCS in the study area from 2001–2022. (a) Direct changes in VCS. As there is no data available for 2012, any disturbance to vegetation that occurred in 2012 will be categorized as occurring in 2013. Therefore, the loss of vegetation carbon sequestration that occurred in that year will be added to the total for 2013, as shown in the dotted box. (b) Direct changes in VCS per unit area. The blue box highlights the timeframe during which Cdiper consistently exceeds Cddper. (c) The potential changes in VCS of both destroyed and restored areas; (d) The potential changes in VCS for each year after 2007.

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