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

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

Deusdedit Ruhangariyo ICT Around the World: Tree rings show mercury pollution from Peru's illegal mining, Air New Zealand ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

More information: Ficus insipida tree rings as biomonitors for gaseous elemental mercury in the artisanal gold mining-impacted Peruvian Amazon, Frontiers in Environmental Science (2025). DOI: 10. ...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining accounts for about ... Previous studies have used tree rings to track mercury levels from coal combustion, particularly in Canada, but the method had not ...

Throughout the spring and summer, small groups roamed and plundered the ... published in Climatic Change, used oak tree-ring records to reconstruct temperature and precipitation levels in southern ...

The buried roots and stumps of an ancient forest in southern China are the charred remains of an ancient war and the burning ...

Tree ring research show prolonged dry periods are ... Although the green and blue boat may be small, it plays an important role in SRP’s operations. It measures the velocity of river water ...

Mining often happens in artisanal and small-scale mining operations that release mercury (Hg) into the air, polluting the environment and harming human health. An international team of researchers has ...

Tree ring research show prolonged dry periods are normal in Arizona ... Although the green and blue boat may be small, it plays an important role in SRP’s operations. It measures the velocity of river ...