Nature Communications (Jan 2022)
Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining
- Jacqueline R. Gerson,
- Natalie Szponar,
- Angelica Almeyda Zambrano,
- Bridget Bergquist,
- Eben Broadbent,
- Charles T. Driscoll,
- Gideon Erkenswick,
- David C. Evers,
- Luis E. Fernandez,
- Heileen Hsu-Kim,
- Giancarlo Inga,
- Kelsey N. Lansdale,
- Melissa J. Marchese,
- Ari Martinez,
- Caroline Moore,
- William K. Pan,
- Raúl Pérez Purizaca,
- Victor Sánchez,
- Miles Silman,
- Emily A. Ury,
- Claudia Vega,
- Mrinalini Watsa,
- Emily S. Bernhardt
Affiliations
- Jacqueline R. Gerson
- Department of Biology, Duke University
- Natalie Szponar
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
- Angelica Almeyda Zambrano
- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida
- Bridget Bergquist
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
- Eben Broadbent
- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida
- Charles T. Driscoll
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University
- Gideon Erkenswick
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine
- David C. Evers
- Biodiversity Research Institute
- Luis E. Fernandez
- Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA)
- Heileen Hsu-Kim
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University
- Giancarlo Inga
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
- Kelsey N. Lansdale
- Environmental Science Program, Duke University
- Melissa J. Marchese
- Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University
- Ari Martinez
- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University
- Caroline Moore
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
- William K. Pan
- Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University
- Raúl Pérez Purizaca
- Universidad Nacional de Piura
- Victor Sánchez
- Instituto de Investigación en Ecología y Conservación (IIECOO)
- Miles Silman
- Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA)
- Emily A. Ury
- Department of Biology, Duke University
- Claudia Vega
- Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA)
- Mrinalini Watsa
- Field Projects International
- Emily S. Bernhardt
- Department of Biology, Duke University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
The Peruvian Amazon is facing the highest known input of mercury pollution of any ecosystem globally. Intact forests located near artisanal gold mining are particularly at risk from this toxin.
