Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

Illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest has long been a source of environmental degradation and human health risks. Now, ...

Most small-scale gold mining operations separate gold from ore by adding liquid mercury and then burning the mixture, releasing large amounts of mercury – a potent neurotoxin – into the air. Together, ...

From above, the Amazon rainforest appears as a dense, emerald-green paradise, but as the plane descends, the damaged landscape becomes visible with its gaping wounds carved by illegal gold mining.

For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited for its gold. Today ... mining activity and lower at the mining-impacted site adjacent to protected forest and the sites far from mining ...

Researchers believe they have identified a network of spies to help combat illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon rainforest. But unlike other espionage efforts, there is no risk of betrayal ...

Illegal gold miners have been moving into Amapá in the wake of federal raids on mining hotspots in other parts of the ...

Trees nearest the mines had higher concentrations of mercury in their rings. Passive air sampling confirmed the mercury ...

Mercury pollution in the Amazon is caused by gold mining. Discover how tree core samples identify the concentration and ...

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For hundreds of years, the Amazon has been exploited for its gold. Today, the precious metal is ... sites close to mining activity and lower at the mining-impacted site adjacent to protected forest ...