Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining

Mercury emissions from artisanal and small-scale gold mining throughout the Global South exceed coal combustion as the largest global source of mercury. We examined mercury deposition and storage in an area of the Peruvian Amazon heavily impacted by artisanal gold mining. Intact forests in the Peruv...

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Autores principales: Gerson, Jacqueline R., Szponar, Natalie, Zambrano, Angelica Almeyda, Bergquist, Bridget, Broadbent, Eben, Driscoll, Charles T., Erkenswick, Gideon, Evers, David C., Fernandez, Luis E., Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Inga, Giancarlo, Lansdale, Kelsey N., Marchese, Melissa J., Martinez, Ari, Moore, Caroline, Pan, William K., Purizaca, Raúl Pérez, Sánchez, Victor, Silman, Miles, Ury, Emily A., Vega, Claudia, Watsa, Mrinalini, Bernhardt, Emily S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8799693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35091543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8799693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35091543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27997-3

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